1. Minef ields and Humanitarian Demining at the Chile-Bolivia Border: A Step-by-Step Approach.
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ARANDA BUSTAMANTE, Gilberto Cristian and SALINAS CAÑAS, Sergio Fernando
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LAND mine clearance , *LAND mines , *BORDERLANDS , *GEOGRAPHIC boundaries , *NATIONAL security , *BORDER security , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
The border is a place of encounter for geopolitical and literary accounts as well as historiographical and anthropological ones, but also is, like the doors guarded by the god Janus, a location where the dichotomy between control and integration--the paradox of globalization-- is apparent. All this may allow an informal measurement of relations between neighbors. This article will discuss the implementation, over 30 years, of border controls at the Chilean-Bolivian frontier through the deployment of one of the most aggressive policies seen in teichopolitics: mine-laying that resulted in a virtual wall between both countries. F inally, the reasons that led Chile in recent years to remove mines and reduce its control of the border will be analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015