Geopolitics representation: Chile and Argentina in southern ice fields

• Main Author: Karen Isabel Manzano Itura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2015-11-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: geopolítica, representación, conflicto, mapas, imagen
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/498

Geopolitics, from concept named in 1917 by Rudolf Kjellén has been in continuous evolution until today. Since the incorporation of the representations, the first concept has been of vital importance in different territorial conflicts’ analysis. By means of a geopolitical analysis, the present article intends to understand the geopolitical representations in the area of southern ice fields, the last boundaries issue that still remains in abeyance between Chile and Argentina and how is that both countries have discussed the problem on a basis of representations, in which maps have been the image of each one facing the other, favoring in this way competition between states.