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"Based on extensive primary sources, prolific historian analyzes Germany's role in shaping Brazil's foreign economic relations from 1949-94. Concludes that extensive economic ties between the two countries (including those in the nuclear sector) provided Brazil with greater leverage in its relations with the US"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

This paper takes an evolutionary and systemic approach on the question of integration in Latin America, reviewing the main instruments of preferential trade in the region, from the experience of Aladi to Mercosul and its intermediate stage, the Argentine-Brazilian integration program. Special attention is paid to the position of Brazil, being the main partner in the intraregional trade of Aladi member countries, as well as the key country for the success of Mercosul, the most recent experiment in the Latin American integration process