Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

El Chamizal

1973; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 67; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2199140

2161-7953

Philip C. Jessup,

Philippine History and Culture

Territorial disputes are commonplace in the history of international relations. The United States has had its share—the northeastern boundary with the British territories after the Revolutionary War, “54:40 or fight” in 1845–1846, the Alaskan boundary arbitration in 1903, and many others— including El Chamizal. This “thicket” or “brierpatch” was one in which the friendly relations between the United States and Mexico were entangled for almost a century. “The Chamizal conflict has not been a major factor in United States-Mexican relations, but has been a constant emotional irritant which has plagued both nations and had frequent reverberations throughout Latin America.”