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Brazilian foreign policy towards South America during the Lula administration: caught between South America and Mercosur

2010; Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais; Volume: 53; Issue: spe Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-73292010000300009

ISSN

1983-3121

Autores

Míriam Gomes Saraiva,

Tópico(s)

International Relations and Foreign Policy

Resumo

The aim of this article is to analyze Brazil's foreign policy towards the South American region during President Lula's administration. As such, the article intends to highlight two specific dimensions: the extent to which foreign policy during this period has differed from previous periods and the relative importance granted by Brazilian diplomacy to recent cooperation and integration efforts, more specifically the Unasur and Mercosur. The article argues that the Lula administration has behaved differently from its predecessors by prioritizing the building up of Brazilian leadership in South America on several different fronts, especially by strengthening multilateral institutions in the region

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