Chilean-Bolivian foreign policy in the 50´s, viewed from the region of Tarapacá. An approach from the dialogue between theories of perceptions and neoclassic realism

Abstract

This article aims to reveal some keys of the Chilean-Bolivian foreign policy in the 50´s, seen from the region of Tarapacá. For that we made inquiries into a series of factors that determine the directions of the foreign policies in both countries, from the theories of perceptions and the neoclassic realism: interests, capacities, images and ideologies. From these arguments, and tracing press release of the decade, we examined the behaviour of Chilean and Bolivian diplomacy and paradiplomacy under the mentioned theoretical dialogue.