Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Chile: "Our relationship with Peru has deteriorated"


Peru's lead indicator of Chile-related paranoia, known to the world as RPP Radio (the nation's most popular), has today reported on the Chilean government document "Achievements of Foreign Policy" just published to show the Chilean population just how superduper Michelle was before she retires. The bit quoted by RPP is the following (translated by Otto) and makes reference to the maritime border dispute between Peru and Chile that Peru is about to lose in front of the world tribunal at The Hague.
"From the moment of the Peruvian case at The Hague, bilateral relations with Peru suffered a logical recession. For Chile, this presentation was not a friendly gesture but an artificial construction, above all when one considers that the maritime border is judicially defined by two international instruments subscribed to by Peru".

However, what RPP doesn't mention is Chile's most important view regarding its northern neighbour. As the report is 156 pages long and Peru gets about a quarter of a page, the real take away is:
"We don't give a toss about Peru. Can we move on and talk about China and the USA now, please?"