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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3569</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia política]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3569</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, División de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35692019000100049</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Perspectivas y desafíos de los BRICS (y de IBSA) como grupo de cooperación Sur-Sur]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Perspectives and Challenges of the BRICS (and IBSA) as a South-South Cooperation Group]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Micheletti]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rosario ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>28</numero>
<fpage>49</fpage>
<lpage>68</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35692019000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35692019000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35692019000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En el presente artículo se analizará la proyección y perspectiva a futuro de los BRICS (y de IBSA) como grupo de cooperación Sur-Sur. Al efecto, se buscará identificar sus convergencias y puntos de conflicto estructurales, atendiendo a factores tanto domésticos como sistémicos. Se hará especial hincapié en la incidencia de la naturaleza de los sistemas políticos. Los principales desafíos y debilidades estructurales de los BRICS de cara al futuro, que se identifican y analizan en el artículo, son: sistemas políticos de diferente naturaleza; diferencia de peso o influencia en el tablero internacional; rivalidades internas; creciente dificultad para utilizar la categoría de cooperación Sur-Sur como mecanismo discursivo legitimador; divergencias comerciales; disonancias en materia ambiental; y, por último, disímil status nuclear.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[In this article, I analyze the projection and future perspective of the BRICS (and IBSA) as a South-South cooperation group. To this end, I seek to identify their convergences and structural conflicts, attending to both domestic and systemic factors. Special emphasis will be placed on the impact of the nature of political systems. The main structural challenges and weaknesses of the BRICS, which are identified and analyzed in the article, are: political systems of different nature; difference of weight or influence in the international board; internal rivalries; growing difficulty in using the category of South-South cooperation as a legitimating discursive mechanism; commercial divergences; dissonance in environmental matters; and, finally, dissimilar nuclear status.]]></p></abstract>
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