Spain’s South is the southernmost part of southern Europe. Despite a rich past that spanned several centuries, this region is now grappling with an unfavorable historical circumstance that has persisted for the past two centuries. This text discusses how political powers and their planning strategies have mistreated the region, leading to its peripheral position, far from the centers of decision making, which overlooks its potential derived from its strategic location. Along with a brief theoretical framework on development and regions, the text concludes with a critique of the approaches taken in designing the Mediterranean Corridor, which disregards the region’s ancient potential as the first port of the Mediterranean Sea and the fourth in the European ranking for freight traffic.
Strait of Gibraltar, Regional development, Mediterranean Corridor, Regional policy.