D E P DIPLOMACIA ESTRATÉGIA POLÍTICA Editor Carlos Henrique Cardim Correspondence address: Revista DEP P.O. Box 2431 Brasilia, DF – Brasil CEP 70842-970
[email protected] www.funag.gov.br/dep The DEP Diplomacy, Strategy & Politics Review is a three–monthly periodical on South American affairs published in Portuguese, Spanish and English. It comprises the Raul Prebisch Project and is sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE/Funag Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation), the National Economic & Social Development Bank (Bndes), Eletrobrás, Petrobrás, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S. A. and Andrade Gutierrez S. A. International Cataloguing in Publication Data DEP: Diplomacy, Strategy & Politics / Raúl Prebisch Project no. 4 (april/june 2006). Brasília : Raúl Prebisch Project, 2006. Three–monthly Published in portuguese, spanish and english. ISSN 1808-0499 1. South America. 2. Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. I. Raúl Prebisch Project. CDU 327(05) DDIPLOMACIA E ESTRATÉGIA POLÍTICAP Number 4 April / June 2006 Summary Objectives and challenges of Argentina’s foreign policy 5 Jorge Taiana Bolivia, a force for integration 16 Evo Morales The brazilian economy’s challenges and prospects 27 Paulo Skaf Program of government (2006-2010) 44 Michelle Bachelet The trap of bilateralism 66 Germán Umaña Mendoza The Amazonian Cooperation Treaty Organisation 84 (Acto): a constant challenge Rosalía Arteaga Serrano Guyana – linking Brazil with the Caribbean: 100 potential meets opportunity Peter R. Ramsaroop Eric M. Phillips Objectives and challenges of Argentina’s foreign policy Paraguay’s political crossroads 118 Pedro Fadul The great transformation 131 Ollanta Humala Suriname: macro-economic overview, challenges 151 and prospects André E.