The Pacific Alliance: Towards the path of integration? ¿Towards the Integration Way?

Historically, Latin American countries have not had strong relations with Asia as a consequence of their international relations directing towards the Western hemisphere; this is a result of Latin American countries, upon gaining independence from Spain having been influenced first by England and th...

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Author: Godoy López, Víctor Alejandro
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/8421
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ri/article/view/8421
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Alianza del Pacífico
América Latina
integración
desarrollo
retos.
The Pacific Alliance
Latin America
Integration
Development Challenges.
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Summary:Historically, Latin American countries have not had strong relations with Asia as a consequence of their international relations directing towards the Western hemisphere; this is a result of Latin American countries, upon gaining independence from Spain having been influenced first by England and then by United States. Indeed, save a few exceptions such as Chile and Peru, it was only in the early 1990s that Latin America and Asia Pacific began to improve trade relations. The Latin American region began to see Asia as a possible economic model an alternative for the diversification of its foreing policy.