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Foreign relations
Foreign relations
Since the early decades after independence, Chile has always had an active involvement in foreign affairs.
In 1837 the country aggressively challenged the dominance of Peru's port of Callao for preeminence in the Pacific trade routes, defeating the short-lived alliance between Peru and Bolivia, the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836-39) in the War of the Confederation.
The war dissolved the confederation while distributing power in the Pacific.
A second international war, the War of the Pacific (1879-83), further increased Chile's regional role, while adding considerably to its territory.
During the nineteenth century, Chile's commercial ties were primarily with Britain, a country that had a decisive influence on the organization of the navy.
The French influenced Chile's legal and educational systems and had a decisive impact on Chile, through the architecture of the capital in the boom years at the turn of the century.
German influence came from the organization and training of the army by Prussians.
On June 26, 1945 Chile participated as a founding member of the United Nations being among 50 countries that signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.
With the military coup of 1973, Chile became isolated politically as a result of widespread human rights abuses.
Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been an active participant in the international political arena.
Chile completed a 2-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2005.
Jose Miguel Insulza, a Chilean national, was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States in May 2005.
Chile is currently serving on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, and the 2007-2008 chair of the board is Chile's ambassador to the IAEA, Milenko E.
Skoknic.
The country is an active member of the UN family of agencies and participates in UN peacekeeping activities.
It is currently bidding for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.
Chile hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002 and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004.
It also hosted the Community of Democracies ministerial in April 2005 and the Ibero-American Summit in November 2007.
An associate member of Mercosur and a full member of APEC, Chile has been an important actor on international economic issues and hemispheric free trade.
The Chilean Government has diplomatic relations with most countries.
It settled its territorial disputes with Argentina during the 1990s.
Chile and Bolivia severed diplomatic ties in 1978 over Bolivia's desire to reacquire territory it lost to Chile in 1879-83 War of the Pacific.
The two countries maintain consular relations and are represented at the Consul General level.
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