Bolivia wants its coastline back

Bolivia’s search for ocean access is relentless. So much so that even though it has been #landlocked for well over a century, #Bolivia still maintains a navy and commemorates the loss of its coastline annually.

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[walterramirobeckmannvaca]

Hi, I am bolivian, and I must tell you, we are not poor because of being landlocked, we are poor because of the eternal corruption of our governments since the foundation in 1825. Being landlocked is just an excuse, specially today where logistics work just fine. We have ports in Peru and Chile that we can use with practically no cost.

[navidimtiaz]

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[silverros]

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edit; even if video's are made before these scandals became public, it's fair for us to expect creators to do research before accepting sponsorship deals. A simple google search reveals that Kamikoto knives are at best a rip-off. No in-depth journalistic work is required to see through this crap. This stains your otherwise good reputation.

[trollmcclure]

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[roshidex]

Hi, a Arica citizen here who also worked in the port sector. Bolivia have a extremly favorable deal to use chilean ports, specifically Arica´s Port, +90% of cargo moved there come or go to bolivia due those benefits, even when there are alternative ports relatible nearby. Also, Peru gave Bolivia a small coastline (5 km) south of Ilo city called "Bolivia Mar" in 1992. The idea was to build a port there to work with the existing Ilo´s port, but never received any attention from the media and bolivian goverment, and today is a barren land.

[theconqueringram]

Fun fact: Bolivia didn't have a naval force until the 1960s, long after they lost their coast to Chile. In fact, when war broke out in 1879 the Bolivian president offered letters of marque (basically licenses to commit piracy) for anyone or ship to fight the Chilean navy. From what I understand, no one accepted the offer. Their current navy is largely a lake and riverine force, similar to the navy of Paraguay.

[deEspadas]

Dude, Bolivia didn't even fought that dammed war, after the battle of Alto de la Alianza, they peace out from the conflict and abandoned Perú to fight Chile alone.

[neochris]

There is something this video did not mention: Chile already offers Bolivia free access to northern Chilean ports, so Bolivia can export by sea. What Morales wanted was full sovereignity of the land, not mere access to ports even if he used that argument publicly.

[andallthat]

The treaty with Bolivia was signed decades after the war. Chile paid Bolivia in cash and by building train lines in Bolivia and to connect Bolivia with the port of Arica, and by giving it preferential access and their own tax free premises in the port for eternity. Upon signing of the treaty, the Bolivian president was heralded for his achievement by congress and the population. To those that may think the treaty was signed under duresse, the fact is that Bolivia then repeated the process with Brazil by selling large swathes of land for cash and more railroads. Bolivia after the war had better and cheaper port access than ever before. Furthermore, the ex peruvian port of Arica was the only port that Bolivia used before the war, because other ports were too difficult to access, so even before the war Bolivia used Peruvian ports exclusively.

[saintcharlie]

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[juanolechuga]

As part of the 1904 treaty, Chile must provide facilities in its ports and is obliged to maintain an operational railroad from the port of Arica to the Bolivian border. This railroad, of exclusive use for Bolivia and its exports, extends to La Paz (on the Bolivian side) but is abandoned for internal political reasons.

[Chriss]

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Kamikoto also belongs to galton voysey, which were involved in many scandals/scams, with the recent one being their new brand Established Titles. There is a recent video on that by Scott Shafer

[RodrigoFernandez-tduk]

10:55 This video is based on very bad research. The ports of Arica and Antofagasta have been open to Bolivia since the 1904 treaty, and Chile is the one that built and currently maintains the respective railways. On the other hand, the Chilean lawsuit over the Silala tries to clarify that it's an international river, and not an artificially diverted spring, as the Bolivian government maintains, which apparently doesn't understand the laws of physics. Chile doesn't need anything from Bolivia, since the Silala case was resolved favorably, establishing that the river's water must be used equitably, and Bolivia doesn't need anything from Chile either, since it already has free access to Chilean ports. The whole issue is about the hurt feelings of Bolivians, which are routinely exploited by governments that want to divert attention to an external enemy.

[germanfernandezdurante]

Hi to the Caspianreport team. Please note that the painting depicted at 4:13 is called "desembarco de los 33 orientales" which is a historical event that occurred in the territory known today as Uruguay. It's not related to Bolivia in any way. Thanks!

[chilesauce]

Bolivia lost its coast because it started a war with Chile and dragged Peru into it. International courts have ruled that Bolivia has no claim to the coast. They get a prferential access the ports, a kind gesture from Chile, would built a railway line for them.

[Eur]

aren't kamikoto knives made from some poor quality steel that's only good quality is that it don't rust?

[jcole]

Maybe Bolivia will win with Kamikoto knives and an Established Title.

[emt]

To fill in a bit of context. The Peruvian perspective(as I was taught it) is that after Bolivia got kicked out of the Atacama, they sat on their hands and refused to re-engage Chile militarily for the rest of the war. As Shirvan says, Peru and Chile fought the rest of the war between themselves, Bolivia kinda sorta fucked off after their initial defeat and hoped for the best

To say that I don't have much sympathy for the Bolivian position, especially after the concessions that both Peru and Chile keep giving it, is putting it mildly

[jiconcha]

Bolivia does not need to negotiate free access to Chilean ports. This is already granted by treaty from 1904. And Chilean ports are World-class, which may not be the case if they were run by Bolivia directly. Bolivia is not the exception to nations that suffer more in imagination than reality; they already have access to ports, and access to the Arica-La Paz railway, which are better than what they would have under Bolivian control.

[brettfafata]

The idea that a country has a "right" to take land is kind of ridiculous. You get the land that you have the power to maintain. Invoking moral concepts like rights doesn't mesh with geopolitics.