Over a century ago Bolivia signed a treaty ceding its coastal land to Chile. Since then, citizens of the landlocked country have held slight resentment towards Chile, while Bolivia’s government has tried to work out a deal in order to regain access to the ocean.Despite gradually closer relations between the two countries, Chile continues to refuse Bolivian demands over a coastline. Last week Chile’s government rejected a Bolivian proposal that would have exported much-needed natural gas from Bolivia in exchange for granting Bolivia a coastline. The latest round of discussions has been unsuccessful for Bolivia’s territorial demands and it appear that Chile will not bend backwards.
Sources (English)- People’s Daily Online, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist
Sources (Spanish)- Wikipedia Español, Consciencia.net, Radio Univerisdad de Chile
Image- BBC Mundo (19th-century map of Peru (in pink) and Bolivia (in green))
they need a coastline, if nothing more than a mile wide corridor for a port and rail line
ReplyDeleteit was stolen, as was Panama from Colombia by USA