Entre la pluma y la política : Apuntes de un canciller

Following the success of Our Olive Green Years and Behind the Wall, Roberto Ampuero returns to nonfiction with a book that is as personal as it is political. These pages do not seek the neutrality of a retrospective diplomatic assessment nor the cold tone of an official memorandum, but rather offer the first-person account of a writer who was at the heart of power during a period of global inflection. Ampuero narrates, from the inside and without intermediaries, his time at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during Sebastián Piñera's second term. From the official visit to Donald Trump at the White House to the tense day in Cúcuta, and from the controversial trip to China to conversations where fascinating strategic questions are raised, the author reconstructs key episodes of recent Chilean diplomacy with a sharp memory and a narrative flair. More than a travelogue or a succession of political milestones, Between the Pen and Politics is a reflection on the exercise of power, the tensions between principles and pragmatism, and the accelerated reconfiguration of the world order. Ampuero observes how the rules of the international game are changing and what place a country like Chile should occupy in that scenario. His testimony brings the reality of the diplomatic world closer to citizens who can only imagine it because they live far removed from it.