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Latin America has made moderate success in countering US-led global economic order by forming various organizations emphasizing regional sovereignty, economic integration and alternative development. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2025
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  • Globalisation

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For most of the twentieth century Latin America sat inside an American-designed political economy: the Monroe Doctrine (1823) in security, the dollar and Washington-based lenders in finance, and commodity exports that bred dependence. Raúl Prebisch at the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) diagnosed a centre–periphery structure in which the terms of trade moved against…

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  • Three strands of regional response
  • Where the success is real
  • Why it remains moderate
  • An Indian parallel
  • Conclusion
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