The Brazilian power in the South American context of the twenty-first century

Abstract

As Raúl Zibechi’s Brasil Potencia. Entre la integración regional y un nuevo imperialismo (2012, Bajo Tierra Ediciones, Mexico City) shows, the Brazilian project is on its way to becoming a world power in the twenty-first century. An essential foundation of this project is the organization of a subcontinental bloc of nations to form an effective counterweight to the United States, understood as the most recent dominant imperialist power in the Americas. The formation of this anti-imperialist counterweight is fertile ground for the advance of progressive policies and projects in South America, which in terms of investment and productive development already benefit some of Brazil’s neighbors, such as Bolivia, Venezuela and Argentina.