... this came a solid relationship of collaboration. To better specify the mechanics of this type of aggregation we can think, for example, of ALBA, another body which on the one hand aims to bring together the socialist and social-democratic countries of Latin America. Its political neighbourhoods are self-evident, on the other proceeds to greater integration with UNASUR for the guiding principles previously stated.
“ALBA and Unasur have added a new dimension to South-South cooperation and post-hegemonic regionalism via the creation of stable channels for social movement participation in regionalism, alternative ...
... others. The most dynamic of them today is the Pacific Alliance (PA) established in 2013, and its members are Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru
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. In contrast to Mercosur with its informal leadership of Brazil, membership for Venezuela and strong Latin American ideological values, the Pacific Alliance is more focused on economic and trade cooperation as well as on liberal values, although all its member states are members of UNASUR, CELAC and SADC as well. The US is trying to use the competition between the two integration models within a single region to strike a blow at Mercosur and indirectly at Brazil as the leader of the region-wide processes. Another goal of Washington’s ...
