Ramblings on Mexican underdevelopment -- El Mexicano -- The legacy -- Free traders and capitalists -- Colonialism's thumb -- Lost opportunity -- Internal market -- False miracle -- Death of a dream -- NAFTA

The processes of democratization and regionalization in South America ran parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. However, the nature of this relationship is by no means clear. This book explores the diplomatic history of the formation of Mercosur and analyzes the precise place of...