Resumen

MENDOZA MARTINEZ, Hugo. MERCOSUR’s identity construction. Relac. int. [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.57, pp.125-139. ISSN 2314-2766.

The Latin American civilization, a hybrid between the Western world and the in-digenous American population, is linked to long-term processes in which ideas and doctrines shape collective identity. The cultural factor, as an international actor, marks both the terri-tory’s intergration and disintegration phenomena, as in this case study: from the Francia-Artigas confederal plan and its dramatic terminal gesticulation embodied in the relations between Paraguay and Corrientes during the seconf half of 19th century, to the nominalist version of the Treaty of Mercosur, which is irreconcilable with regional idiosyncrasies.

Palabras clave : Civilization; Culture; Identity; Integration; Mercosur.