Latin America and the Caribbean: Between the OAS and CELAC

Authors

  • Daniela Segovia Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.9232

Keywords:

nternational organizations, regional forum, OAS, CELAC, hemispheric policy, organizaciones internacionales, foro regional, OEA, Política hemisférica

Abstract

This essay aims at analysing the position of Latin America and the Caribbean in its totality as a global player, and the challenges facing CELAC – Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries – as a mechanism of political partnership with its own views on the Organization of American States (OAS). Indeed, CELAC is to some extent presented as a hemispheric mechanism that rivals the OAS and which may eventually replace it, leaving the U.S. and Canada aside. In this regard, a comparison and an assessment of the implications involved will be made. It is therefore useful to pose the following question: Is CELAC the key to structuring an alternative movement to the OAS?

Resumen:

El motivo de este ensayo consiste en analizar la posición de América Latina y el Caribe en su conjunto como actor global frente al reto que supone la CELAC – Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños – como mecanismo de concertación política y su postura frente la OEA – Organización de Estados Americanos. En efecto, la CELAC se presenta para algunos como un nuevo mecanismo hemisférico que rivaliza con la OEA y que eventualmente podría sustituirla, dejando a un lado a los Estados Unidos y Canadá. En tal sentido, se pretende contrastar y valorar dicha apreciación. Es por ello que resulta útil plantearse la siguiente cuestión: ¿Es la CELAC la clave para estructurar un movimiento alternativo a la OEA?

Author Biography

Daniela Segovia, Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe

Daniela Segovia <danielasegovia@gmail.com> is a political scientist in International Relations at the Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe in Caracas, and has been a political analyst at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela since 2006.

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Published

09-10-2013

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Explorations | Exploraciones

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