La Editorial del Pacífico: cultural and intellectual practices and strategies in the context of the cultural Cold War (1950-1956)

Abstract

The following article discusses how Editorial del Pacífico, controlled by the Falange Nacional political party, developed in the context of the early years of the cultural Cold War. It is argued that it adopted a resolute position in the side that promoted the Congress for Cultural Freedom in Chile, disseminating authors who positioned themselves against the Soviet Union and the communism that this bloc represented. Some of the titles that were published by this publisher, the diffusion they had through the pages of the magazine Política y Espíritu, another of the cultural supports of that political sector, and the reception they had in the public space are taken.