The attitude of Latin American countries to the idea of a multipolar world

The subject of study is the position of Latin American countries to the idea of multipolar world. The purpose of the article is to highlight the key aspects in the understanding of the idea of multipolar world by Latin American states. The objectives are to consider the specifics of the attitude of Latin American countries to the idea of multipolar world, identify the factors influencing this attitude, and identify groups of Latin American countries depending on their official positions on the issue of a new format of the world order. There are general scientific methods in the work including analytical, historical, generalization method, grouping method, etc. The information base of the study was made up of the works of Russian and foreign researchers on the issues of the multipolar world as a model of the emerging new world order. The regulatory documentation of ministries and departments of Latin American countries was also used. As a result, three groups of Latin American countries were identified depending on their attitude to the new format of the world order: openly advocating multipolar world (Brazil, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico); countries heavily dependent on the United States and supporting it in geopolitical issues (Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador); neutral and more cautious in the rhetoric about multipolarity countries (most countries of the Caribbean and Honduras, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Suriname). The conclusions are the understanding of Latin American countries of their place in the multipolar world is through the prism of regional integration, through the functioning of integration associations, in particular the largest of them - the Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR), the Pacific Alliance (PA) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Brazil and Mexico can be considered as the center of Latin American pole of the polycentric world.

Latin America, MERCOSUR, UNASUR, CELAC, BRICS, multipolar world, new world order, world order, multipolarity, polycentricity