Descripción:
The border is a place of encounter for geopolitical and literary accounts as well as historio-graphical and anthropological ones, but also is, like the doors guarded by the godjanus,a location where the dichotomy between control and integrationthe paradox of global-izationis apparent.all this may allow an informal measurement of relations betweenneighbors. This article will discuss the implementation, over 30 years, of border controls atthechilean-Bolivian frontier through the deployment of one of the most aggressive policiesseen inteichopolitics: mine-laying that resulted in a virtual wall between both countries.Finally, the reasons that ledchile in recent years to remove mines and reduce its control ofthe border will be analyzed