Escalas de poder en el proceso de renovación de la concesión puente de integración São Borja-Brasil/ San Tomé-Argentina (2021-2023)

Abstract

The São Borja-Brazil/San Tomé – Argentina integration bridge was inaugurated in 1997, and the CUF – the first Unified Mercosur border center – was also created. Currently, the flow of international trade in this customs department represents around 30% of the trade balance between Argentina and Brazil, being a strategic corridor for trade, tourism and regional integration. The study problematized how the scales of power and territorial resources occurred in the processes of renewing the concession of the São Borja-BRA/San Tomé-ARG integration bridge (2021-2023). As main results, it is observed that the due process of concession occurred in periods of diplomatic disagreements and lack of dialogue between the Governments of Brazil and Argentina, a leading role on the national scale in terms of actors and interests was noted, however the local scale made listen to regional demands and presented the bridge scenario with the centralities of power, being an articulating and cooperative scale between Local-national; International-local; and local-regional.