Közép- és Dél-Amerika országainak határvitái a 21. században
The territorial disputes of Central and South America’s countries in the 21st century

Summary/Abstract: Latin America’s countries were avoided by greater wars after their often bloody liberation from the colonial system. At the same time, smaller, local wars and territorial conflicts affected some countries, and often created tense interstate atmosphere and the delineated areas of the geographically disputed affiliation. Hence, in the 21st century, the above mentioned controversial territorial debates of the 19th and 20th centuries continue to determine modern claims of interstate relations. Together they form the problematic legacy of the 21st century.The paperintroduces the land disputes of Chile and Bolivia (Atacama, Antofagasta, Tarapaca), Argentina and the UK (Las Malvinas or Falkland Islands), Brasil and Ururguay (El Rincón de Artigas, Ilha Brasileira, Masoller), Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Isla Calero), Guayana and Venezuela (Essequibo), Guatemala and Belize (Cayo, Belize, Stann Creek and the Toledo Territories), and the disputed claims on the Antarctic. The paper examines the history and origin of these interstate conflicts, and describe possible solutions with the actions made so far to solve them. It is also the part of the study to show that the already existing problems with their colonial roots are expanded by the race for the resources and the global markets. Resolution of the above-mentioned disputes is unlikely to take place in the near future, despite the measures and efforts already taken.

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