Resumen

IRUSTA, Silvina. Political analysis on the emergence of IIRSA and COSIPLAN identities in the South American physical integration processes in the period 2000-2015. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.30, pp.33-62.  Epub 22-Ene-2024. ISSN 1870-3569.  https://doi.org/10.46530/cf.vi30/cnfns.n30.p.33-62.

This article analyzes the emergency conditions of two regional identities that established the physical dimension of South American integration between 2000 and 2015: the Initiative for the Integration of South American Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA) and the South American Council for Infrastructure and Planning of the Union of South American Nations (COSIPLAN-UNASUR). To do this, a socio-semiotic study was carried out incorporating elements of poststructuralist analysis, which exposed the discursive ideological devices that operate as legitimators of the integration and development models in dispute in the region. Three moments are identified in the constitution of these identities: a founding moment, a transition moment defined by ruptures and continuities, and a third moment of attempted hegemonic construction.

Palabras llave : physical integration; discourse analysis; IIRSA; COSIPLAN.