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The Beagle Channel: Confrontation and Negotiation in the Southern Cone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James L. Garrett
James L. Garrett*
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior de Agricultura in Santiago, Dominican Republic
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At the Vatican, on 2 May 1985, representatives of Chile and Argentina signed a treaty to end the Beagle Channel dispute, the last major territorial conflict between the two nations. The treaty was a tribute to the professionalism of the negotiators of both countries as well as of the Vatican mediators, and it represented a major foreign policy triumph for President Raúl Alfonsín, head of Argentina's democratically-elected civilian government. Alfonsin's position on key issues, such as sovereignty over the islands within the channel, contrasted sharply with those of his military predecessors. According to Vatican officials, it was Alfonsin's flexibility that laid the groundwork for resolution of the issue (New York Times, 1984a). Chilean willingness to accede to fundamental Argentine demands was also crucial to resolution.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , Fall 1985 , pp. 81 - 109
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Copyright © University of Miami 1985

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