Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s push for more integration across the region will need to overcome major challenges.

Lucia Newman, based in Buenos Aires, is Al Jazeera's Latin America editor. She has 25 years of experience in television and journalism. A recipient of... many awards in journalism, in 2001 Lucia picked up the prestigious Edward R Morrow Award for "sustained coverage of Elian Gonzalez", the child at the centre of a heated custody and immigration battle in 2000 involving the Cuban and US governments.
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