Contra-hegemonic social movements and the international cooperation for development in latin america

One of the persistent challenges to the advancements of globalization studies in the social sciences is the need of more in-depth studies on the organization and action of civil society actors in supranational, national and subnational levels based on the interaction with global players. I discuss the relationships between Latin-American organizations and social movements and international cooperation agencies with global governance roles that have a strategic presence in the region regarding development and governance models and flows. Based on a historical perspective of some experiences in several countries in Latin America, I highlight the importance of understanding potentials, limites and dilemas faced by organizations e social movements, through national and transnational networks, in their initiatives of interlocutions and resistance against strategies, policies, programs and projects supported by different international cooperation agencies in the region. I focus mainly issues related to the organizations and social movements´ proposals of alternative models of development and governance, which are integrated to wider mobilizations for other modernities and other globalizations, and constructing their own nexus between micro/local and macro/global contexts that directly or indirectly influence their lifes, forms of organization and perspectives of change and future. A transversal argument is related to the emergence of new dimensions of conflicts and hegemony disputes, their structures and dynamics, in the present scenario in the region influenced by attempts of international political integration oriented by the idea of global governance.