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The technical infrastructure networks are fundamental to understand the new territorial dynamics and the double movement of integration and disintegration, fruit of the contradictions of the current phase of flexible capitalism. The objective of this article is to reflect on the role of the regional integration projects in South America, elaborated in the scope of COSIPLAN/IIRSA for the expansion of transport infrastructures networks, considering the demand of circulation and accumulation of capital, as well as the obstacles for the execution of these projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective/context: The objective of this work is to approach the debates on Latin American regional integration from the perspective of the study of the decisionmaking process in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and its implications in the debates on the State and national sovereignty. Methodology: The research is carried out through a qualitative, historical and comparative approach. The selection of cases prioritizes two important models of regional integration in Latin America. Mercosur conforms to a type B South-South association that proposes the deepening of the agendas, while NAFTA is a type A, preferentially economic agreement (Di Filippo 2000), in line with the North-South cooperation model. NAFTA and Mercosur are comparable in terms of decision-making procedures that, although corresponding to different institutional structures, have the common feature of conforming to an intergovernmental model as the principle that would ensure respect for the sovereignty of States. The sources of information for the analysis were the documents produced in both integration agencies referring to the decision-making mechanisms, press reviews and the institutional archive, in the period from 1990 to 2017.2 Conclusions: With this study, conclusions are reached on the tensions between regional integration and national sovereignty that become reflections on the differences between North-South and South-South integration; It contributes to the debate regarding intergovernmental and supranational models, as well as to the dialogue on the controversial economic integration agreement between Mexico, the USA. and Canada, and the changes in regional integration in South America. Originality: This research is original from its comparative methodology and also for being a recent and current contribution of Latin American geopolitics, based on the tensions in regional integration, as a key scenario of the analysis of power, international relations and the nation-state in Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The year 2006 marked a milestone in the history of the regional integration of Venezuela. After 33 years as a member of CAN, the country withdrew from the integration agreement and joined Mercosur, marking a significant change in regional integration strategy. In this paper, the causes of this change, as well as its economic and political effects, have been analyzed through desk research. One of the main conclusions is that Chavez decided to use regional integration as a tool to address the liberal policies of the United States, regardless of the economic consequences. Another is that, due to the economic and institutional deterioration of Venezuela, the non-oil productive sector is not ready to compete with other members of Mercosur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The field of regional integration has showed few developments regarding the comparison and the definition of criteria to evaluate cases. A frequent procedure is apply in another processes the criteria developed to the European case. As the integration model adopted in Europe is not repeated elsewhere in the world, this procedure can only lead to the same conclusions, the assessment that there are problems in the another processes, that their prospects are bad and that some cases can not even be characterized as an integration process. Therefore, it is necessary to establish criteria that can be applied universally and that assess the processes by their level of institutionalization, like it has been developed and adopted in Political Science for democratic regimes and party systems. This is an urgent task for systematic and comparative research in the field of regional integration. To face this task, the paper proposes criteria that is able to measure the institutionalization in different areas of integration and indicators for each criterion. Moreover, it does a comprehensive selection of the dimensions of analysis, in order to not privilege certain sphere or model of integration. Then, the criteria is applied to CAN, MERCOSUR, UNASUR and EU, considering the European process as one of the case studies, and not as parameter for the analysis. The results confirm this perspective, since the EU, unlike the expected, does not show the higher level of institutionalization in all the dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article aims to briefly analyze, the recent movements that characterize the process of regional integration in South America, focusing on themes that comprised the current debate about the formation of Mercosur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses if nationalism is getting in the way of regional integration through a Brazilian prism due to Brazil's pivotal role in regional integration in Mercosur and South America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to show that South America characterizes the actual Brazil's regional horizon. The Brazil's foreign policy implements several actions that lend a practical face to the diplomatic rhetorical and surpass the economic-commercial sphere. Therefore, the research points that South America is still a region in construction, and Estates' initiatives, as Brazilian's, can deeply contribute to this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article deals with the recent change of Brazil's foreign policy. Criticizing neoliberalism, the new foreign policy valorizes the State and the integration in South America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]