Política externa chilena na transição democrática: de Augusto Pinochet (1973-1989) a Michele Bachelet (2006-2010)

Abstract

This paper presents the significant changes occurring in the conduct of foreign policy since the Chilean 70s until the year 2010. Analyzing the period, the external and internal factors that boosted the economy during the dictatorial period with General Augusto Pinochet that began with the 1973 coup, the government of Salvador Allende, and only ended in 1989 with the end of the Cold War. In 1990, the country goes through the democratic transition through the pursuit of international integration and consolidation of bilateral and multilateral agreements within political, economic and social. Fostering democratic politics the four presidents of the party Coalición postdemocratic transition: Patrício Aylwin, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet contributed to driving a transition from dictatorship to a Chilean Republic peacefully increasingly prosperous. With greater political equality and a stable economy, the aim is the recognition of a new Chile, a country concerned with education, health, welfare of all Chileans.