Latin America and Africa. Between South-South solidarity and self-interests

Authors

  • Gladys Lechini Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Abstract

This paper analyzes relations between Latin America and Africa within the context of South -South cooperation through three cases which show different strategies of an impulse-driven policy. Brazil has resorted to a cultural diplomacy, developing a cumulative policy that blossomed during Lula’s Presidency. Argentina started the rapprochement earlier, but without continuity and Venezuela, a late newcomer, has developed its petro-diplomacy with an ideological rhetoric.

Keywords:

Latin America, Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, South-South cooperation

Author Biography

Gladys Lechini, Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Profesora titular y Directora del Doctorado en Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Argentina; Investigadora Principal, CONICET, Argentina; Visiting Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies, Wallenberg Research Centre, Sudáfrica.