Ricardo Calla, very harsh but true opinion in Pagina Siete, photos from the internet: The time to resign In 2011, the increasingly authoritarian MAS government announced that it had decided to sue Chile before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of a new strategy to achieve the sovereign recovery of access to the…
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World Court ruling on Bolivia sea access could force Chile to negotiate
Daniel Ramos in La Paz and Cassandra Garrison in Santiago report for Reuters: SANTIAGO/LA PAZ (Reuters) – A World Court ruling next week on Bolivia’s claim that Chile has ducked a legal obligation to discuss access to the sea could force the Andean neighbors to the negotiating table over a land spat lingering since the…
Bolivian History 101: Loud, true and clear message to Chile: “There is no Silala river”
El Diario reports: Antonio Bazoberry “There is no Silala river” The researcher and expert in the study of watersheds, Antonio Bazoberry Quiroga, through his book The myth of the Silala, dismisses the Chilean thesis presented in his lawsuit against Bolivia and assures that the Silala River does not exist. This statement is based on hydraulic…
Bolivia Dares to Dream of the Sea, Again
Stratfor Worldview reports: Bolivia Dares to Dream of the Sea, Again To the victors go the spoils: In the 19th-century War of the Pacific, Chile bested its two foes, grabbing territory from both Peru and Bolivia. The defeat stung Lima but devastated La Paz, as Bolivia lost its access to the sea. Ever since, Bolivia has…
This is the land that Chile could give to Bolivia as restoration for our loss, which Peru could not argue against!
Good reading, what I like the most is the map where land was given back to Peru by Chile, the portion in vertical green and purple stripes could be the land that Bolivia could get as sovereign. Peru has given that territory to Chile, long after the war, in 1929, thus, they could not argue…
Chile lies at The Hague! Bolivian merchandise in Chilean ports still has problems
Fides reports: Sánchez: Bolivian merchandise in Chilean ports still has problems The Executive Director of the Port Services Authority of Bolivia (ASPB), David Sanchez, reported that the export and import of Bolivian merchandise, continues with problems regarding the treatment with the cargo of export and import “We reiterate again, that we have problems regarding what…
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