Abstract

MARIANO, Marcelo Passini; RAMANZINI JUNIOR, Haroldo  and  ALMEIDA, Rafael Augusto Ribeiro de. Brazil and the integration in South America: an analysis of the last ten years (2003-2013). Relações Internacionais [online]. 2014, n.41, pp.123-134. ISSN 1645-9199.

The aim of this article is to analyze the current dynamics of South American integration and the role played by Brazil in the region. The formation of UNASUR evidences the projection of new themes and issues in regional cooperation, among which, the dimensions of security, infrastructure and financing. The projection of these issues opens up the possibility of change in historical dilemmas of cooperation and integration in South America and can offer new indications about the direction Brazilian foreign policy seeks to confer on regional integration. We intend to examine whether the sense of cooperation in South America has changed with the formation of UNASUR, and to what extent it is possible to build a regional integration process that aims to strengthen national autonomy.

Keywords : Brazilian foreign policy; regional integration; UNASUR.

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