Latin America and integration: Options in the crisis

While it is true that some of the causes of the present situation in Latin America are of external origin and that there is little possibility that Latin America will be able to change them, it is no less true that, if the region is to grow it must determine what action its members are ready to take together in order to increase their independence. This article’s main argument is that Latin America must strengthen its arrangements for regional co-operation and integration and make better use of its own resources; ideas, projects and processes have been set in motion for this purpose and must be given real political support.