[en] The aim of this article is to explore potentialities and limits of paradiplomacy in the cross-
border region of Brazil and Uruguay (CBRBU) vis-à-vis the relation between twin towns and
systemic actors. The application of theontology of the interaction-level microstructural theory
by Alexander Wendt (1999) allows one to identify that the vacuum created by the lack of
regulations concerning cross-border issues and the differences between Brazilian and
Uruguayan regulatory frameworks have hindered the advance of paradiplomacy in the region.
Informality is also recognized as a crucial, local tool for dealing with the obliteration of
systemic actors regarding the CBRBU.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
