Relationship dossier
Chile
Spain
Relationship assessment
A sustained cooperative partnership, with occasional friction over legal and historical issues
Chile toward Spain
+35Chile has participated in bilateral cooperation with Spain through the 1990 friendship and cooperation treaty, the 2013 strategic partnership, and agreements covering areas such as taxation and social security. Chilean governments also objected to Spain's pursuit of Augusto Pinochet, creating a period of diplomatic friction.
Spain toward Chile
+35Spain has pursued a structured partnership with Chile through the 1990 friendship and cooperation treaty and the 2013 strategic partnership, alongside bilateral agreements on taxation and social security. Spain's judicial pursuit of Augusto Pinochet also became a source of friction with Chilean governments.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship has a durable cooperative structure, including a friendship and cooperation treaty, a strategic partnership, and practical agreements in several policy areas. The Pinochet case produced notable bilateral friction, but it did not displace the broader pattern of government cooperation.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Chile and Spain maintain a sustained cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral treaty framework, a strategic partnership, and agreements on matters including taxation and social security. Their governments also cooperate through broader European and Latin American ties. Relations have included friction over Spain's pursuit of Augusto Pinochet, but cooperation has been a durable feature of the bilateral relationship.
Areas of tension
- Spanish judicial proceedings seeking Augusto Pinochet's extradition prompted objections from Chilean authorities.
Key developments
Chile and Spain signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, establishing a framework for bilateral relations.
Chile and Spain established a strategic partnership.
Spain's pursuit of Augusto Pinochet became a source of diplomatic friction with Chile.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of regular government consultations under the strategic partnership is unclear.