Latin American Integration and Mercosur in a World of Multiple Options that are Not Mutually Exclusive

The three most relevant features of current developments in the strategy of Latin American integration are the multiplicity of the various countries’ fields of action at both the global and regional levels; the crises and attempts at renewal at institutional bodies, especially Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations (CAN in Spanish); and a heavy accent on the political and at times even ideological dimension.