O Novo Regionalismo da America do Sul: A Formacao de um Sistema de Poder

The article aims to analyze briefly the world regionalist history and discuss the current status of contemporary regionalism in South America in particular. We consider that the new millennium is noting the rise of a power system in the region whose characteristics are mixed with those proposed by the new post-liberal regionalism. The integration based on political, economic and military aspects, with the addiction of the ideological communion of neighboring countries, is forming an idea of a South America unity that imagines its own security and internal development in order to avoid the involvement of outside powers.