Latin American Regionalism in the Agenda of International Relations Theory

This paper is based on the assumption that Latin America has been a pioneer in thinking about itself as a region, even before any European integration attempt took place. Regions and regionalism have been at the core of Latin American International Relations (IR). Many Latin American scholars approached to IR Theory trough the lenses of regionalism and constructed a research agenda to explain its realities, rejecting the European model of regional integration. This paper will focus on Latin American regionalism contributions to the construction of a Global IR agenda and aims to conceptualize the forms and functions of regionalism that emerged from the region’s experience.