Chile: Under Pressure at Home and Constrained Abroad

The country’s reliance on China and the U.S. will constrain its options for constitutional reform.

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For a generation, Chile has been an outlier in Latin America. Between its economic development, per capita gross domestic product, strong institutions and general political stability, it is the region’s exception to the rule. But in late 2019, major protests cast doubt on Chile’s continued exceptionalism. By November of that year, Santiago had agreed to […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.