ABSTRACT
Regionalism is a good place to gauge Latin American politics. The analysis of international relations from a Liberal perspective starts with the individuals that make up the polity; it then considers the process by which individual preferences get converted into state preferences, and how these are played in a strategic fashion vis-a-vis the preferences of other states. Liberalism is concerned not just with economic efficiency. From its perspective, one other factor relevant for the institutionalization of international relations is the nature of the units in the system. Identity also allows actors to define their own interests. Agents-be they individuals or statesneed to know who they are in order to know what they want. The hemispheric agenda expanded to other areas as well during the 1990s. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States was created in February 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.
