In the last couple of years, a series of events within and outside of Latin America has led to the questioning of different patterns of regional integration processes and of the functioning of the international system. In Latin America, the deepening crisis of the Venezuelan political regime, particularly since the election of Nicolás Maduro in 2012, weakens any possible alternative to the dominant neoliberal integration model. The impeachment of left-wing president Dilma Rousseff in 2016, her replacement by Michel Temer, and the election of