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EU Foreign Policy towards Latin America

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Abstract

The European expectation of advancing relations with sub-regions in Latin America has followed a variety of models. The main challenge for Latin American regional organizations has been their lack of cohesion in international negotiations, derived from the institutional weaknesses of their integration processes. This chapter explores the evolution of the EU relationship with three sub-regions in the Western Hemisphere, which are emblematic of the complexity of the region-to-region dialogues. Mercosur, characterized by tensions between Brazil and Argentina, has resumed negotiations for an association agreement with the European Union. The Forum of the Caribbean Group of ACP States (CARIFORUM) has been driven first and foremost by the logic of being a mechanism of cooperation and articulation with the European Union based on the Caribbean ACP rather than by the logic of integration. The CAN, one of the oldest experiences of regional integration in South America, has been weakened by internal divisions and declining international strength paving the way to multi-party individual agreements with the European Union.

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Dominguez, R. (2015). Regional Partners. In: EU Foreign Policy towards Latin America. The European Union in International Affairs Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137321282_7

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