Chile’s Values and Interests in the Globalization Era

This text gives a general view of Chile’s foreign policy today within the context of globalization. It states that the main objectives of this policy include consolidation of a regional Latin American bloc, increased trade exchange worldwide, and Chile’s timely participation in the principal topics of the international agenda, whether these are the usual or emerging ones. Four matters of great interest for 280 Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior Chilean foreign policy are highlighted in this respect: democracy; human rights, humanitarian intervention, and economic, commercial and financial liberalization and integration. It also acknowledges the importance of quality diplomacy in promoting individual countries’ values and interests.