Summary

The Pact of Bogota has not had the success that was expected at the time of its signing; Overtime, more than half of the signatory states did not ratify it, and member states have given different reasons for its effective or possible denunciation. This article addresses these reasons in detail, through cases and secondary sources, in order to determine their plausibility. Finally, an alternative dispute resolution system between Latin American states is proposed, through a scheme in which mediation and arbitration converges to save the Pact's major goals, and with it, the treaty-based longstanding tradition of peaceful resolution of conflicts in the Latin American region .