Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum?
There is an inherent contradiction between the regional integration projects in Latin America, albeit rhetorically conducted, and the staunch defense by most countries of their national sovereignty, which restricts and opposes many liberalization mechanisms implicit in, and necessary to, the integra...
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
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| description | There is an inherent contradiction between the regional integration projects in Latin America, albeit rhetorically conducted, and the staunch defense by most countries of their national sovereignty, which restricts and opposes many liberalization mechanisms implicit in, and necessary to, the integration processes, based on the rendition of sovereignty in some areas of economic relevance, including, and especially, trade and industrial policies, as well as other sectorial measures. The dilemma is historically compounded by a juridical tradition that places the retraction into an introverted version of the sovereignty principle into the context of conceptual elaborations well known in the international law, such as Calvo doctrine and the Drago principle. Brazil is one of the most resolute promoters of the national sovereignty principle among Latin American countries, clearly expressed in its constitutional chart and foreign policy stances, since the Second Hague peace conference of 1907. Other Latin American countries, mainly in Central America and the Caribbean, are much more motivated by real concerns over recurrent United States interventionism in the regional, in some cases by military means. This framework has somewhat infringed on integration projects, which is also hindered by economic nationalism and state interventionism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bf17189af0a489b896519d1d43d6cbe2022-12-22T02:23:50ZspaPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroContexto Internacional1982-02402013-12-0135247149510.1590/S0102-85292013000200006S0102-85292013000200006Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum?Paulo Roberto de Almeida0Centro de Ensino Unificado de BrasíliaThere is an inherent contradiction between the regional integration projects in Latin America, albeit rhetorically conducted, and the staunch defense by most countries of their national sovereignty, which restricts and opposes many liberalization mechanisms implicit in, and necessary to, the integration processes, based on the rendition of sovereignty in some areas of economic relevance, including, and especially, trade and industrial policies, as well as other sectorial measures. The dilemma is historically compounded by a juridical tradition that places the retraction into an introverted version of the sovereignty principle into the context of conceptual elaborations well known in the international law, such as Calvo doctrine and the Drago principle. Brazil is one of the most resolute promoters of the national sovereignty principle among Latin American countries, clearly expressed in its constitutional chart and foreign policy stances, since the Second Hague peace conference of 1907. Other Latin American countries, mainly in Central America and the Caribbean, are much more motivated by real concerns over recurrent United States interventionism in the regional, in some cases by military means. This framework has somewhat infringed on integration projects, which is also hindered by economic nationalism and state interventionism.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292013000200006&lng=en&tlng=enRegional IntegrationNational SovereigntyLatin AmericaDecision-Making InstitutionsPolitical Obstacles |
| spellingShingle | Paulo Roberto de Almeida Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? Contexto Internacional Regional Integration National Sovereignty Latin America Decision-Making Institutions Political Obstacles |
| title | Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? |
| title_full | Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? |
| title_fullStr | Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? |
| title_short | Sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America: a political conundrum? |
| title_sort | sovereignty and regional integration in latin america a political conundrum |
| topic | Regional Integration National Sovereignty Latin America Decision-Making Institutions Political Obstacles |
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