From The Editors for World Politics Review: The Political and Legal Stakes of a Feud Over a Tiny South American River Earlier this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales publicly berated his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, for allegedly disclosing the contents of a filing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the two countries’ battle over the Silala…
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History 101: Why were the victories of Canchas Blancas and Tambillos concealed?
Rodolfo Becerra de la Roca writes in El Diario: Why were the victories of Canchas Blancas and Tambillos concealed? Something of which the Chileans boast and boast to the paroxysm, is that their army was always victorious and never defeated. Like so many facts distorted by them, this assertion is nothing more than a fancy…
CHILE DOES NOT HONOR BOLIVIA FREE TRANSIT, failing the treaty they themselves impossed by force!
El Diario reports: Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé: “Chile does not honor free transit” • Justice Minister Héctor Arce asked Chile to understand that the Customs’ strike could generate a humanitarian disaster at the border. In the face of the damage to Bolivian exports via Arica and Antofagasta, by the blockade of customs officials against the country’s…
Chilean conniving centenary behavior continues to damage Bolivian economy!
News Xinhua Net reports: Chile customs strike leaves hundreds of trucks stranded at Bolivian border LA PAZ, May 24 (Xinhua) — An indefinite strike declared by Chile’s customs association, ANFACH, left around 850 Bolivian trucks stuck at the border unable to cross into Chile on Wednesday. [photo obtained from the internet] Speaking to the press,…
Bolivia Files Formal Reply to Chile at The Hague amid New Tensions
Prensa Latina reports: Bolivia Files Formal Reply to Chile at The Hague amid New Tensions La Paz, March 21 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia filed in today at the International Court of Justice in The Hague its reply to Chile in the case over its claim to have a sea outlet, in an environment warmed by the…
Chile channeled the Silala for about 20 years, even without authorization
La Razon reports via hoybolivia.com: Chile channeled the Silala for about 20 years, even without authorization Bolivia has studies underwritten by Chile that show that the country has channeled the Silala for about 20 years, of which a part was developed even before the concession process of 1908. The country does not rule out including…
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