El Diario reports: 139 years of Chile’s aggression against national sovereignty [Bolivia lost its maritime attributes and with that enormous development possibilities overseas] 139 years have passed when around 1,500 armed men of Chilean troops disembarked in the Bolivian Littoral, provoking fear among the population, especially women, who were subjected to all kinds of events…
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Old Rivalries Still Simmer Between Bolivia and Chile
Caizar Raldes reports for AFP through Stratfor Worldview: Old Rivalries Still Simmer Between Bolivia and Chile For centuries, relations between Bolivia and Chile have been marked by their dispute over territory. Bolivia’s defeat by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879-83) left the country landlocked, and resentment between the two countries has grown since then….
Silala: Chile not satisfied with the copper and seacoast they violently took away from Bolivia, wants more!
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…
Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says
Fox News reports: Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says LA PAZ – Retired Bolivian Gen. Gary Prado Salmon, who in October 1967 captured Ernesto “Che” Guevara, said that the leadership of the Cuban communist party sent the iconic Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader “to die in Bolivia” because they…
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…
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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