Entre el Acta de Montevideo y la “transición democrática”: actores a favor y en contra de la mediación papal, 1977-1985

Abstract

: In this article, we propose to analyze the different perceptions that exist around the papal mediation process around the Beagle conflict between Argentina and Chile. In this regard, we consider that both the Argentine domestic scene and the actions by international actors, turned the balance in favor of a peaceful solution to the crisis to the detriment of those who were looking for another form of solution. Within the latter, we can identify a sector made up of intellectuals, civilians and the military, who did not agree with the state policies undertaken or with the decisions that were being reached within the mediation process. Such would be the case of two state professionals and military intellectuals on whom we will work: Osiris Villegas and Ricardo Etcheverry Boneo.