A Parliament for Mercosur: the political and historical process of its creation

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Elisa de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Reis, Rafael Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Universitas. Relações Internacionais (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.publicacoesacademicas.uniceub.br/relacoesinternacionais/article/view/646
• topic: Relações Internacionais; Integração Regional; Mercosul; Modelos de Integração Regional; Parlamento do Mercosul

In this paper it is remembered the history from the beginning of Mercosur until the creation of its Regional Parliament so we could present its activities which have recently started to be developed by this Mercosur´s new body. Thus, a brief retrospective of the integration movement that ocurred Latin American countries is promoted. Initially, bringing up the attempts to promote bilateral economic agreements, through the initiatives to conform free trade areas and culminating in the current state where the Common Market of the South. Thus, you can understand the real importance of this parliamentary body has for Mercosur.