O papel estratégico de cidades gêmeas no controle de mercadorias em regiões de fronteira no contexto do MERCOSUL: Uruguaiana (BR) e Paso de los Libres (AR) / The strategic role of twin cities in controlling goods in border regions in the MERCOSUR context: Uruguaiana (BR) and Paso de los Libres (AR)

Abstract

ResumoO território fronteiriço, enquanto espaço potencial para projetos de desenvolvimento compartilhados entre países, apresenta, na realidade política latino-americana, claras limitações de integração. Mesmo assim, os interesses comerciais regionais apontam para uma necessária revisão dos limites e barreiras ali existentes. Neste sentido, o Mercado Comum do Sul -MERCOSUL tem se constituído, desde 1991 (ano de sua criação), em um bloco de países sulamericanos que visa a ampliar a circulação de bens, serviços e pessoas. No entanto, os projetos regionais de caráter econômico conflituam-se com a realidade desigual de suas cidades gêmeas, as quais não possuem infraestrutura nem investimentos sociais para tais dinâmicas. No contexto da América do Sul, mais especificamente da Bacia Platina, destacam-se as cidades gêmeas de Uruguaiana (BR) e Paso de los Libres (AR), que têm representado um importante papel no controle de fluxos de mercadorias e pessoas, de acordo com demandas comerciais, embora suas condições de desenvolvimento sejam precárias. O artigo se propõe a discutir o papel das cidades gêmeas como nós funcional e espacialmente estratégicos no MERCOSUL. Palavras-chave: Regiões de fronteira. MERCOSUL. Cidades gêmeas. Fluxos de mercadorias. The strategic role of twin cities in controlling goods in border regions in the MERCOSUR context: Uruguaiana (BR) and Paso de los Libres (AR) AbstractBorder territory is a potential space for shared development projects between countries, but there are many challenges for integration policies in South America. Nonetheless, regional trade interests point to a necessary revision of the existing limits and barriers. In this sense, the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUL), since 1991 (year of its creation), made an agreement among its member states aiming to improve goods, services and people flow. However, regional projects has been in conflict with the unequal reality of their twin cities, which do not have infrastructure or social conditions for such dynamics. In this context, more specifically the Platina Basin, the twin cities of Uruguaiana (BRA)-Paso de los Libres (ARG) have assumed an important role in the flow control of goods and people, according to commercial demands, although their development conditions are precarious. The paper proposes to discuss the role of these twin cities as functional and spatially strategic nodes of MERCOSUL.

HIV/AIDS em região de tríplice fronteira: subsídios para reflexões sobre políticas públicas

“…These cities have an interaction called synapse, which favors the relationship between two or more countries, both economic and free access of foreigners to services offered on both side. 10,24,25 HIV / AIDS in a triple border region Werle JE, Teston EF, Marcon SS, Cunha GH, Mandu JBS, Ferreira Junior MA After authorization from the State Secretariat and the Ethics in Research Committee, the database, containing the information related to HIV/AIDS notifications (except for identification of individuals), was sent electronically to the principal researcher in December 2019. The inclusion criterion was the notification in one of the seven twin cities, and those that presented duplicates would be counted only once.…”

“…8 Furthermore, territorial characteristics may influence the distribution, prevalence of cases and access to health services, especially in border regions, where twin cities are located -those with close political, socio-cultural and economic interaction, although located in distinct countries 9 , which elucidates the need for differentiated attention, especially with regard to access to health services. 10 It should be noted that sometimes the interaction between peoples occurs due to the migration of the population to territory with better resources. Brazil, for example, when compared to Paraguay and Bolivia, presents a public health policy of universal access, which leads to the process of Pendular Migration.…”