#war_of_the_pacific

He looks for a new stage in the Bolivia-Chile relations so that “a sincere and viable dialogue” allows addressing issues that have historically separated both countries.

On Thursday, President Luis Arce confirmed that his administration is interested in achieving access to the Pacific Ocean for his country since Bolivia’s insular condition implies annual losses equivalent to 1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP).

“Today marks another year since we lost our ancestral relationship with the seas,” he said during a ceremony on the Sea Day, a date on which Bolivians commemorate the defense of the territory of Calama during the 1879 Chilean military invasion.
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Arce recalled that Bolivia lost its access to the sea as a result of the “#War_of_the_Pacific,” which was “motivated by Imperial interests.” In this context, he called for an agreement between Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia to protect lithium from extra-regional powers.

“We are willing to jointly design a policy that ensures our countries as suppliers of this type of energy in sovereign conditions that favor our peoples.”

“We do not want our #lithium to be in the eyes of the Southern Command or be a reason for destabilization of democratically elected governments,” he stressed.

#guerre_du_Pacifique