UNASUR: South America's Wishful Thinking?

Although UNASUR currently gathers the focus and expectations of the entire continent, South America should be accustomed by now to such formal entrepreneurships. In fact, since the 20th century, South America has diversified its internal relations and encouraged multiple solutions towards a sustainable development and a peaceful co-existence, though with mixed results. UNASUR's potential merits are indisputable. It envisions a shared and mutual future for nations once considered irreconcilable, and proposes a common regional identity that fosters the external role of South America on the world stage.

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Author:Pedro Seabra
Series:IPRIS Viewpoints
Issue:10
Publisher:Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS), Lisbon, Portugal