Due to the relevance of this issue, I am placing right after the english translation, point by point, the Spanish portion in italics, of the full news from El Deber: 10 sentences of Bolivian rejoinder against Chile – Las 10 frases de la dúplica boliviana contra Chile The national legal team argued solidly that Bolivia…
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Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access
From Reuters via Yahoo News: Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Landlocked Bolivia went to the World Court on Monday [05/04/2015], seeking to force Chile to negotiate the granting of a corridor of sovereign territory giving it access to the sea for its natural gas and…
Pacific War: Canchas Blancas battle
Rodolfo Becerra writes in El Diario: Heroic epics Canchas Blancas battle Each year the Bolivian reminisced the sublime sacrifice of Eduardo Abaroa, in that heroic deed of March 23, 1879, when the brave Bolivian civilians next to soldiers folded Antofagasta and other places occupied by the Chilean rapacity, they faced a regular army, on unequal…
What are exactly the thirteen points in the Bolivia-Chile agenda?
Bolivia has a serious and long-lasting pending issue with Chile. The following is from El Diario and highlights the 13 point agenda that Bolivia has been conducting with Chile, in the last few years: The thirteen points Bolivia-Chile Here are the 13 points of negotiation between Bolivia and Chile. Point 6, maritime theme was excluded…
Meet Chile’s aggression: land mines continue at the border!
El Diario reports: Chile fails to meet deadline for demining at the border The demining process should have been completed in 2011 by determination of the Ottawa Convention, but progress is slow, said Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra. Chile only have defused 25% of the explosives, according to Senator Ignacio Mendoza. Given the limited progress on demining…
History 101: The first territorial dismemberment
Luis S. Crespo wrote for El Diario, August 10, 1927 – 1928: The first territorial dismemberment The background In the chronic of June 3, are referred the industrial and diplomatic history of the bases that was drafted in La Paz to celebrate the border treaty with Chile. There we have seen Chile took advantage of the…
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