Ordem Internacional e Multilateralismo

Mercosul: An Interpretation of the Past and a View to the Future, por Carlos Pérez Llana

A look at Mercosul necessarily involves making distinctions and comparisons. Analysing this sub-regional integration scheme necessitates the discussion of a series of subjects with pertinent historical references. Based on this criterion, the present chapter has adopted an analytical structure, arbitrarily subdivided into decades. It attempts to tie together three agendas (the international, the regional, and the specific Mercosul agendas), by placing emphasis on Argentina and Brazil. All references to the 1980s point to the results of the agreements formed by Presidents Alfonsin and Sarney.