Abstract

AZCOITIA, Alfredo. “Brothers”, “laborers”, “exiles” and “infiltrators”. The representations of Chilean migration in the Río Negro (1966-1982). Rev. hist. am. argent. [online]. 2023, vol.58, n.2, pp.207-237.  Epub Dec 25, 2023. ISSN 2314-1549.  http://dx.doi.org/10.48162/rev.44.052.

The article aims to analyze the speeches that circulated through the pages of the Río Negro newspaper between the beginning of the "Argentine Revolution" (1966) and the end of the Malvinas War (1982) in order to identify the meanings contained in the representations on Chilean migration in Patagonia. This space has been shaped by historical social and economic ties with Chile, but at the same time it was the object of disputes and conflicts that fueled the conspiracy theories of territorial nationalism. This tension between cooperation and threat runs through the years under analysis and permeates the discourses on the Chilean presence in the region.

Keywords : migration; press; Patagonia; Chili; Argentina.