UNASUR: poder y acción en Suramérica

América Latina: ¿es posible un único sistema de integración económico?

“…Su agenda es también el producto de eventos disruptivos seguidos de cumbres de emergencia y esfuerzos de resolución de crisis. En otras palabras, el marco de la agenda de UNASUR no ha alcanzado el objetivo de consolidación, lo que se ha visibilizado con el abandono cinco gobiernos estratégicos de sus filas, provocando el desmantelamiento de la UNASUR (Sánchez Cabarcas, 2017).…”

Performance of the South American Defense Council Under Autonomy Pressures

“…Meanwhile, and with greater diplomatic capability, the government of Lula began a campaign for the consolidation of South America in what would be, first, the Community of South America Nations—with presidential summits in Cuzco, Brasilia, and Cochabamba between 2004 and 2006—and later the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) (Sánchez Cabarcas, ). The CDS project took force under the management of the Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim, who expressed that, although the defense instrument of UNASUR would not have the structure of a full alliance, insofar as it would not assume a character of collective military defense, it should have dissuasive characteristics.…”

“…In this sense, important conceptual aspects must be considered. The first is that the member states defined the organization in terms of “defense.” The second is composed of the terms “consultation,” “cooperation,” and “coordination.” It suggests that, although the Venezuelan thesis on the construction of a mechanism oriented openly to “collective defense,” meaning a military alliance, did not triumph (Comini, ; Frenkel & Comini, ; Sánchez Cabarcas, ; Vitelli, ), important conceptual elements of collective defense and security remained in the founding statute.…”