Abstract

Latin American cross-border regions are multidimensional and multiscalar. They are influenced by structuring factors —economy, politics, daily life, identities and environment— that collide in themselves and with each other, and generate overdeterminations. The article highlights the strong incidence of everyday factors, to the same extent that there are no post-nationalist projects, nor accumulation strategies that use borders as resources. This article analyzes from this perspective a cross-border region that serves as a hinge between the two main economic zones of Brazil and Bolivia and is articulated around the cities of Corumbá (Brazil), and Puerto Quijarro and Puerto Suárez (Bolivia). The article concludes by proposing a series of heuristic questions related to the characteristics of the actors and the prospects of new governance modalities. The article is based on a fieldwork and the review of existing documents and literature on the subject carried out from 2023 to 2024. © 2025, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. All rights reserved.