Latin American foreign policy and the community of latin american and Caribbean states

Abstract

The creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in February 2010 reconfigures a new step in the process of regional political concert. As a result of the convergence of many regional instances, especially the Group Rio and the Latin America and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development (CALC), besides increasing aspirations to cooperate, a new mechanism that aims to overcome the subregional plan is created to activate multilevel forums and strengthen the tendency to build multidimensional agendas. This paper is divided in three parts. In the first one, in which the regional representation or interlocution is going to be highlighted, the general objectives of the community will be analyzed; in the second section the thematic agendas will be the subject, along with their potentialities and limits; and in the third part the external axis drawn by the community to this date will be outlined, along with their obstacles and possibilities. The research ends up with some final considerations of prospective character.