New Delhi, June 24 -- Former Union Minister KJ Alphons said that India and Latin America have plenty of areas to cooperate, especially in rare earths and the petroleum sector.

Alphons, while speaking to ANI on Wednesday, said that South America is a huge source country which India needs to get closer to.

"I think it's a fantastic effort. See India and Latin America, we are doing so little, but we can do so much. Latin America is an incredible country. It's a beautiful country with very colourful people, a colourful culture, one of the oldest civilizations, Aztec civilization. But we are doing so little. Search for rare earth minerals and for petroleum products and electronics. South America is a huge, huge source country which we need t...