Los Tiempos digital reports: Lawyer Akhavan: Chile could solve the enclosure with only 0.2% of its coast The Iranian jurist Payam Akhavan, who is part of the Bolivian team for the maritime claim filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of The Hague, today presented the general aspects of the litigation and affirmed that…
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Bolivia battles Chile at UN’s top court for sea access
AFP reports via Expatica: Bolivia battles Chile at UN’s top court for sea access Landlocked Bolivia took its neighbour Chile to court on Monday, seeking to resolve a century-old dispute over precious access to the Pacific Ocean which has bedevilled bilateral ties. La Paz is urging Santiago to return to talks, contending it has “an…
Bolivian artist, Mamani Mamani painted cross to receive the Pope in Chile
El Diario reports: Mamani Mamani painted cross to receive the Pope in Chile The Bolivian artist Roberto Mamani Mamani took his art to Chile to receive Pope Francis. He painted one of the three “Crosses of Virtues” that welcomed the Supreme Pontiff to his arrival in Santiago. Mamani Mamani, in an interview with EL…
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,…
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