Regional integration is usually regarded as a way for countries to strengthen themselves. Today’s efforts at regional integration in Latin America, however, have a different purpose altogether: to help the proponents of various plans jockey for power and influence on both the regional and global stage.
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SANTIAGO – Regional integration is usually regarded as a way for countries to strengthen themselves. But today’s efforts at regional integration in Latin America seem to have a different purpose altogether. They are put forward to help the proponents of various plans jockey for power and influence on both the regional and global stage.