Luis S. Crespo wrote in El Diario, February 14, 1928: The Law of the “ten cents” The National Constituent Assembly approved the transaction between the Government of Bolivia and the Nitrate and Railways Company of Antofagasta about nitrate concessions and establishing a tax of ten cents per quintal of nitrate exported; charge which served as…
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Bolivia History 101: The Chilean invasion to Antofagasta
Floren Sanabria writes in El Diario: Antofagasta Invasion On February 14, 1879 is the day of the attack, the infamous date in the calendar of American history by the Chilean assault on the port of Antofagasta to seize its riches metalliferous, guano, saltpeter and copper. That black day of dispossession, the doors of homes were…
Facts about Bolivian claim to recover OUR sea coast, Chile must deliver!
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Hard-hitting book about the dispute with Chile From the year 1904, when Ismael Montes’ “liberal” Government signed the peace treaty with Chile, an average of three books were published each year and pamphlets of strong protest against the one-sided agreement. Since then, a total of more than 300 allegations…
Some wrongdoings of current Bolivian government’s ineptness
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Governmental bungling Thank goodness that this time it was J. R. Quintana, the most rejected character and the least credible of the Government (not without reason) that lashed out at Pagina Siete, which he accused of being a pro-Chilean newspaper; accused him, awkwardly, to have giving space to the…
Bolivia was never a land-locked country!
Severo Cruz writes for El Diario: Bolivia was never a Mediterranean country Chile after having having sunk its claws to homeland territory, permanently and systematically searched for subterfuges in order to expand the solution to our centennial maritime locked. One of so many tests in this regard is what El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile, on…
History 101 – Bolivia: Chile invasion consequences
In an attempt to record part of our history, I decided to translate the following article from Guillermo Soto, published in El Diario: Chile, nothing due to Bolivia? As soon as a Forum, event or opportunity is presented, the Chilean authorities repeatedly say that “Chile has no pending litigation with Bolivia”, that “nothing is due…
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