Sovereignty and Integration in Latin America

The author analyses the concept of sovereignty and the emergence of new forms of regionalism in Latin America. The spread of regional organizations as ALBA, UNASUR, CELAC as “new regionalism” structures appeared in the last years has different internal and external conditions. However, regional inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Serbín, Andrés
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Ecuador
Institution:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repository:Revista Comentario Internacional
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/45
Online Access:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/45
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Soberanía
integración
regionalismo
América Latina
gobernanza
Estado.
sovereignty
integration
regionalism
Latin America
governance
State
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Summary:The author analyses the concept of sovereignty and the emergence of new forms of regionalism in Latin America. The spread of regional organizations as ALBA, UNASUR, CELAC as “new regionalism” structures appeared in the last years has different internal and external conditions. However, regional integration most important obstacle is the concept of national sovereignty due to its complexity. In this logic, the author proposes to challenge regional integration making conceptual changes of national sovereignty leading to establish a long term strategy in order to generate regional governance.