South America in Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s foreign policy: a legacy for Lula’s government?

Journal Title: Conjuntura Austral: journal of the Global South - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 3

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the growing importance of regional environment to the Brazilian foreign policy in President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s government. The central hypothesis is that the concept and foreign policy for South America was gaining a strategic space at the end of Cardoso’s government, through Mercosur and the project of South American integration.

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Andé Luis Reis da Silva

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  • EP ID EP675734
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.18740
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Andé Luis Reis da Silva (2011). South America in Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s foreign policy: a legacy for Lula’s government?. Conjuntura Austral: journal of the Global South, 2(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-675734