BoliviaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
4 SHARED EVENTSChile

Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BOL LEFT · CHL RIGHT

1. 1879-1883

   The War of the Pacific

   A dispute over nitrate taxes leads Chile to war with Peru and Bolivia; Chilean victories win the nitrate-rich Atacama and leave Bolivia landlocked.

   War & Rupture · from the Chile chronicle · The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century · REFS 2 — War of the Pacific, History of Chile

2. 1879-1883

   War of the Pacific

   Chile defeats Bolivia and its ally Peru and annexes Bolivia's coast; Bolivia loses its Pacific province of Antofagasta and becomes landlocked.

   War & Rupture · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · REFS 2 — War of the Pacific, Bolivia: A Country Study

3. 1904 CE

   Treaty confirms the loss of the coast

   A treaty between Bolivia and Chile formally cedes the Pacific coast to Chile, fixing Bolivia's landlocked status and a lasting national grievance.

   Politics & Power · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · REFS 3 — War of the Pacific, Bolivia, Bolivia: A Country Study

4. 1 Oct 2018

   World Court rejects the maritime claim

   Bolivia's case to compel Chile to negotiate sovereign access to the Pacific, filed in 2013, fails: the International Court of Justice finds Chile under no obligation to negotiate, while the 2009 constitution keeps the claim to the sea and a navy for the country's lakes and rivers.

   Politics & Power · from the Bolivia chronicle · Democracy and the Indigenous-Majority Era · REFS 3 — Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile), Judgment of 1 October 2018, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Constitution of 2009, Articles 243, 267 and 268, Bolivia