MERCOUR is the Latin American “NAFTA” or EU. Except its not really functioning… Here is the latest installment: While BREXIT is expected to take years, one MERCOSUR member was just summarily ejected… The article claims its because of democracy and human rights violations, but it turns out the reason is actually economic “Three years after joining Mercosur, Venezuela still has not met most of its obligations and accession commitments. The apparent reluctance to adapt to common standards strengthens the view that Caracas has always bet more on the South American bloc as a political platform than as an area of free movement of goods, services and people. Venezuela’s Treaty of Accession…,