TheEU , LatinAmericaandChina:GeometricalPatternsinCurrentandFutureRelations 2 57 giventheintensemigratoryflowsbetweenthetworegionsinthepastdecade. Nonetheless ,“ LatinAmerica ” remainsaconceptualshortcutandapolitical tool , giventhat mostLatin Americancountriesontheirown wouldhaveno significanceinanalteredinternationalsystem.However , theneedtorecurtothe globalconceptofLatinAmericamisleadspartnersandgivesthewrongideato outsideobservers. Asalreadynoted , thingsinLatinAmericahavechanged , notallofthemfor thebetter.Inthatsense , itisunderstandablethatsomeofourpartners , specificallythe European Union , seem permanently disappointed withthe regionsinequalityindicators , forexample.Theregionwentfrom beingthe posterchildofWesternpoliciestobeingthechildleftbehind , especiallyinthe wakeoftheAsianboom.Politically , althoughmanypollsseemtoconfirmthat democracyishealthyinLatinAmerica , thetruthisthatthisishardlythecasein mostcountries.Traditionalpartysystemsare gradually deteriorating and democraticgovernmentsarelessabletosolvethemainproblemsaffectingtheir populations.Thereturnofpopulismorneopopulism , whichisastyle , nota formofgovernment , hassettheregionbackanumberofdecades. Thesamehashappened withregardtotheraw materialsboominthe internationaleconomy.LatinAmerica , whichseemedtohavemovedfaraway from whattheauthorsofthedependencytheorylamenteddecadesago , has returnedtoitsroleofcommodityprovider.Thiswouldnotbeaproblemifit werenotfortheartificialgrowthprovokedbythesaleoftheserawmaterialsand theconsequencesofsuchgrowthforthepoliticalenvironment.Venezuelaisa caseinpoint. Despiteallthesechallengingissues , thereisstillhopeinLatinAmerica. Brazilhasdefinitely becomethenew posterchildfortheregion andits aspirationstorisefromthestatusofregionalpowertothatofworldpowermust betakenintoaccountinanyfuturecooperationschemes.ThroughtheUnionof SouthAmericanNations ( UNASUR ), butalsothroughSouthSouthcooperation schemes , Brazilisstartingtopositionitselfasapowerfulandinfluentialactor , notonlyinLatinAmerica , butworldwide.AsamemberoftheG5 , theG20and theBRICs , Brazilwillcertainlyhavearoletoplayintheformationofthecoming worldorder. 3.3 China:The Unknown Actor witha DifferentVisionandthePowerto ProduceChange Inthepastfew years , Chinahas madeoverwhelmingprogressonthe internationalscene.Wenowfaceamodern , wealthyandstrongChinathatis
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