With the refusal of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador to hand over the Pro-Tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to the government of Peru headed by Dina Boluarte, doubts arose about the future of this mechanism created in 2011. This is due to ignorance of his government for the events of last year where the president-elect Pedro Castillo was removed and for the serious violations of human rights that occur in his country, a situation that the governments of Colombia and Chile have also condemned
The structure of the Alliance is flexible, so it is not greatly affected by the internal affairs of its members, since it was created with the economic objective of positioning the four countries within Asia Pacific and not with a political one. The right-wing governments of Sebastián Piñera in Chile, Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia, Felipe Calderón in Mexico and Ollanta Humala Tasso in Peru were in charge of doing so, an ideology that is reflected in the Framework Agreement and its 2016 Protocol, where regulates trade together with the FTAs between the four countries.
Even with the above, it does not have a treaty that creates an international organization such as the Treaty of Asunción for Mercosur, nor does it have a headquarters such as Brussels for the European Union, but its integration is taking place differently.
In fact, many of its official documents are the Presidential Declarations of its Summits that show the will and commitment among the Heads of State, but do not seek to acquire more obligations than they already have.
On the other hand, we must turn to Mercosur, at the beginning of this year two important events happened, the return of Lula Da Silva to power in Brazil and the announcement of the possible creation of a common currency for Argentina and Brazil within the framework of the CELAC, which means a possible economic union, as well as the existence of a political affinity between both governments. To achieve this, they must strengthen their customs union, where Uruguay has sought to negotiate bilateral treaties on its part.
It is still relevant that the two large economies of the region, Brazil and Mexico come together to reach an agreement, perhaps in the future to merge the Alliance with Mercosur, as ECLAC has already deepened in some of its studies on the possible commercial chains. The Alliance can strengthen its political side to be more decisive in situations such as those of Peru and Mercosur on the economic-commercial side with the common tariff for its members.
Integration and cooperation continue to have a complex situation due to the various realities that converge, both speeches and summits can contribute to the intention, but the commitments acquired must transcend the governments in turn even with the political ups and downs.
Erick Lucio Lopez Avila. COMEXI Associate. Degree in International Relations from the FES Aragón. Specialized in foreign trade, human rights and migration. Member of the CISAN REDAN. Twitter: @LucioMike IG: lucius_2103 “
