In the Struggle against Imperialism, Mexico and Chile Stand Up.” Salvador Allende in the Third World Policies of Luis Echeverría in the Inter-American Cold War.

Abstract

This paper examines the Third-World turn of Luis Echeverría, especially the diplomatic and political relationship he established with Chilean president Salvador Allende in the context of the Inter-American Cold War. The rapprochement with the Chilean government had a political goal, intended to shore up the domestic regime, which was then undergoing a social and political crisis. However, this rapprochement was only made possible because both the project of Chilean socialism and the radical change in Mexican foreign policy benefited from a favorable international context. This was characterized by a détente between the great powers, as well as by a strengthening of the international position of the Third-World countries in Latin America.