The Latin American integration route and its road corridor: a new path to the Indies?

Abstract

This article addresses the Latin American Integration Route, which will integrate the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with a road corridor connecting Porto de Santos, in Brazil, passing through Paraguay and Argentina, until reaching Porto from Antofagasta, Chile. In this way, the objectives are to present a new route of integration in South America, its possible economic results, as well as some harmful consequences from this cooperation, creating what some already say to be a new path for the Indies. In addition to the strengthening of international relations with Middle Eastern countries, China and the western United States, there will also be a faster and cheaper flow of products that were previously exported across the Atlantic. It is concluded that this new path, so that it does not become a simple commercial route, investment in infrastructure and creation of public policies to prevent and/or mitigate possible damages are necessary so that it can become a perennial reality. For the development of this article, bibliography, it was used the deductive, qualitative and bibliographical research methodology was used, based at international convention, doctrines, scientific articles, as well as official and unofficial websites.