Pacific Alliance, Democracy, and Inequality

Authors

  • Jaime Gallegos Zuñiga Universidad de Chile, RM Santiago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5335/rjd.v36i3.14211

Keywords:

Pacific Alliance, democracy, inequality

Abstract

This work approaches the Pacific Alliance -initiative that brings together Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, since 2011- from a perspective that has not been generally discussed. To this end, it takes as its starting point two key elements that have been contemplated in the Paranal Agreement, constitutive of the bloc, which are democracy, which appears as a requirement of permanence of a State Party and observer States, and the fight against inequality, which appears as one of the objectives to be achieved with this proposal. Based on a review of these elements, in the States Parties and, in some cases, in their observer States, also using comparative tools from other subregional processes as a methodology, it is verified that the postulates contemplated in the matter do not cease to be rhetorical statements, without legal effectiveness, an aspect that should acquire the greatest relevance if the proposal is to be legitimized, at a time when its signatory countries are going through acute institutional political crises, in which, the role of political representatives, respect for human rights and the effectiveness of measures against inequality are being severely questioned.

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Author Biography

  • Jaime Gallegos Zuñiga, Universidad de Chile, RM Santiago

    Abogado y licenciado en ciencias jurídicas y sociales por la Universidad de Chile. Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Académico del Departamento de Derecho Económico de la Universidad de Chile.

Published

2022-12-30

How to Cite

Pacific Alliance, Democracy, and Inequality. (2022). Law of Justice Journal, 36(3), 190-223. https://doi.org/10.5335/rjd.v36i3.14211