Chile and Bolivia Move Toward Thaw in Rare Presidential Summit

Chilean President José Antonio Kast will meet Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz in La Paz, marking the first state visit in decades and signaling a potential diplomatic thaw between the two historical adversaries. The meeting, enabled by a new right-wing alignment in South America, is expected to focus on logistics corridors, energy trade, and border security. Bolivia broke relations with Chile in 1978 over its claim for sovereign Pacific access, so this rapprochement, if it yields concrete agreements, would be a significant geopolitical shift in the region.