Ideología y pragmatismo: vida política chilena y acción exterior española 1964-1970

Abstract

This article explores the dynamics in the Spanish Chilean relations during the Christian Democrats’ administration (1964-1970). Through official documents’ analysis, the article explores the influence that political development left on the Spanish diplomatic body posted in Chile at that time. This imprint will reveal essentially the struggle between pragmatism and ideology, particularly in the fragility of the parties system’s equilibrium, and the country’s ideal, a common debate in the sixties’ context. Furthermore, it is presented as another example of what the interrelation between Spain and Chile has been since 1936, at their national and international level, particularly in the way that the Spanish evolution trough those years influenced the Chilean political development until today.