The Government of Brazil has launched the South American Integration Routes Program, a strategic initiative designed at planning and coordinating actions that promote the integration of physical, digital, social, environmental and cultural infrastructure in the region, accurately developed to cut transportation times and costs, increasing trade efficiency, and improving continental connectivity between Brazil snd its South American neighbours .
The initiative is backed by roughly US$10 billion in potential financing from regional banks including IDB, BNDES, CAF, and FONPLATA, it stems from the Brasilia Consensus and is coordinated by the Ministry of Planning and Budget, with projects integrated into the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC).
The aim of this programme is to consolidate Brazil as a strategic logistic hub and strengthen cooperation with counterpart organizations in the region as well as with international entities to enable integration projects, promote technical studies and applied research on South American development.
The program establishes five primary logistical, digital, and energy route facilitated by 124 projects connecting Brazilian states to neighbouring countries, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with access to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, enhancing regional competitiveness and fostering sustainable, economic integration.
The five key strategic strategic integration routes are:
• Guianas Shield: Connects Amapá and Roraima to Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
• Manta - Manaus, Amazon Route: Uses rivers and roads to link the Amazon region with Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
• The Rondón Quadrant Route: Connects Acre, Rondônia, and Mato Grosso to Bolivia and Peruvian ports.
• The Capricorn Route: Links Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, and Santa Catalina to Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay.
• Porto Alegre - Coquimbo Route: Connects Rio Grande do Sul to Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
Among its main objectives, the program promotes the multimodality of transport, bioceanity,
the geoeconomic unity of South America and integration of borders, all under the principles of shared governance, socio - environmental responsibility and joint planning.
The Brazilian government stressed that the program will ensure that the works and policies derived from it respond not only to technical and economic criteria, but also to the social and environmental needs of the peoples of the region, and consolidating Brazil as a key point of continental logistical articulation.
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