Reviewing South America Institutionalism and the Failure of Regional Integration Process

Abstract

South America Revolution on the beginning of 19th century has massively affect the form of independent country and decolonitation process by Spain and Portugal empire. Unification based on the equality of cultural and lingustic was tried to be implemented in this area continually, but the fact is this regional integration process always failed. This weak industry process, limited consolidation of sovereignty, along with so many internal conflict has also contributed in the failure of this attempt. This problem continue to rise periodically until the era of regionalism form after World War II. While the regional integration in Africa and Europe has succesfully made, South America has not yet enforce an integrated institution with high competition in world market. From that implication, this journal will search for interconnection between geopolitical impact with the failure of South America's regionalism enforcement, the historical factor since decolonitation untul revolutionary wave on 21st century in South America will be used as this journal's foundation.