Abstract

This article compares the transformations in the discourses of national reconciliation that have predominated in Chile and Spain after far-reaching political dictatorships. The polysemy of "reconciliation" was analyzed by selecting key historical facts in both countries from the respective political transitions to the present. The results of this review allowed distinguishing different predispositions for reconciliation that exist and are modified in both countries. These types are grouped into "open" and "closed" predispositions that exist in both countries combined over time, however it will be demonstrated that in Spain closed predispositions have predominated almost at all times since the very beginning of their political transition.