2 56 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation especiallygivenitsincapacitytoactasasingleinternationalactorandits diversityandcomplexity.Otherspointtowardstheimminentarrivalofanew bipolarsystem , inwhichthemainactorswillbeChinaandtheUSA , tothe exclusionoftheEU. Seenfromtheoutside , theUnionisaverycomplexactorthatfewunderstand. Thereisapermanentfeelingthatnooneisinchargeandif , atanygivenpoint , someonedoesseemtobeincharge , therearecriesonallsidesthatitshouldhave beensomeoneelse , ashappenedwiththeappointmentofMrVanRompuyas PresidentinNovember2009.ThesamecanbesaidofBaronessAshton.Inthat sense , theEuropeanmodelseemstobetoocomplexandtootaxingforoutside observers. Furthermore , Europehasnotyetlostitsimageasapaternalisticactorin termsofitscooperationschemes.Itsselfassignedroleasa “ normativepower ” is noteasytoselltolessdevelopedpartners , whohavetheconstantfeelingofbeing judgedonthebasisofunfairorunattainablestandards.This , intheend , leads totheperceptionthattheUnionclearlyhasdoublestandards.Evenifthisisnot thecase , itsforeignpolicy , basedonprinciplesandvalues , lackscredibility. 3.2 LatinAmerica:ARegioninSearchofItself LatinAmericahasundergoneanenormoustransformationinthepastfew years.Politically , thecontinentisbarelyrecognisable.TheswitchtotheLeft — ortomanyLefts — hasperplexedmanyobservers.Nonetheless , theLeftdoes notgovernallofLatin America , as wecanseeinthecasesof Mexicoand Colombia. Theissuesthataffecttheregionarediverse.Drugtraffickingandthe associatedeffectsoforganisedcrimeinMexico , Colombiaandsomepartsofthe CaribbeancanscarcelybecategorisedtogetherwithenergyplansinBrazilor politicalturmoilinArgentina.Ifoneissueiscommontothewholeregion , itis migration.Theeffectsoftheveritablehaemorrhagingofpopulationinrecent decadesareyetto beseen , but willcertainlyimposeacostonthefuture developmentoftheregion. Intermsofvalues , Latin Americahasalsosuffered manychanges.The regionislettingslidemanyformervalues , buthasadoptedmanynewonesfrom theoutsideworld.Thatiscertainlythecasewithregardtotheconfigurationof itssocietiesandtheinfluenceofmigration , forexample , ontraditionalwaysof life.However , anoteofcautionisinorder:thesocalled “ Americanisation ” of valuesinLatinAmericavariesdependingonthecountryandtheregion.Ifwe lookattheAndeancountries ,“ Europeanisation ” mightwellbeintheworks
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