Bolivia wants its coastline back 

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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!

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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

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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.

As a european I love to see a story about Latin America, we seldomly see any news from there and this was very refreshing, spiked my curiosity to read about these lands, their history and current state of affairs. Good job Shirvan!

"One gets what they negotiate not what they deserve" This is my quote of the year

At 4:12 you are using an image of the 33 Orientals, which has nothing to do with either Bolivia or Peru. They are in fact the liberators of Uruguay from the Brazilian Empire. That painting is called "El desembarco de Los Treinta y Tres Orientales" painted by Juan Manuel Blanes.

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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.

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.

Very interesting analysis. Now, there is one very important fact that is missing: according to the 1904 peace treaty between Bolivia and Chile, the former has the right to use the ports of Antofagasta and Arica (maintained by Chile) to export their goods under extremely favorable conditions. Chile also has to maintain railways from Antofagasta and Arica to Bolivia, in order to facilitate the commerce. This means that, in practice, Bolivia has had ample opportunities of accessing the Pacific Ocean for export and import, rendering the whole "sovereign access to the ocean" more a political issue than a practical economical one. On the same note, in the early 2000's vast gas deposits were discovered in Bolivia, and negotiations were entered with Peru and Chile to export that gas. Chile offered the better economic deal with better facilities, but due to ideological reasons they discarded that offer. To this day, those vast gas resources remain buried, with the Bolivian government alienating foreign investors willing and able to extract the gas. This lies in the same area as the above: the main issue with Bolivia is political stability, and not commercial opportunities.

As a person who lives on an island every time I hear about a land locked nation I feel sad for them...

This video contains MANY inaccurate statements. 1. Chile got independence in 1818 and Perú in 1821. Then Bolivia did no exist, and Chile and Perú recieved the territories left from Spain. The territories assumed by the new republics followed Uti Possidetis Juris principles. Then Perú and Chile shared a border that for centuries was the River Loa, just North of Antofagasta in the Atacama desert. This frontier can be clearly seen in the last official map of the old Kindom of Chile dated 1793. This map clearly shows that Chile and Perú frontier is the Loa River. And of course Bolivia did not existed. 2. Bolivia was invented by Bolivar in 1825. Its territory was called "Alto Perú" because it was the antiplanic región of Perú and was at the North part of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate. The entire Viceroyalty of River Plate was at the East of the Andes mountains. Therefore it never had land bodering the Pacific Ocean. 3. But in 1826 Sucre by decree anexed to Bolivia the Northen part of Chile, South of the Loa River, ilegally taking from Chile 400 kilometres of coast, and separating Chile from Perú. 4. Sucre was smart in not making anything to atract attentions to his ilegal moves. Starting an slow graving of land from to mountains to the see. But Chile reacted in 1843 initiating a land dispute only when Bolivia start to demand taxes from chilean mining companies. At that time 92% of the people who lives in the disputed territory was CHILEAN. 5. The first bolivian enclaves on the Pacific where small towns built by chilean laborers as the bolivian population was not keen on descending from the antiplanices to the coast crossing a extremelly dry dessert. 6. Bolivian declared war to Chile in 1864, to take by force what was not possible by right or reason. The war stopped in 1866, because Spain initiated a war against Perú and the pacific countries joined forced against Spain. So the land dispute between Bolivia and Chile was settled by a Treaty in 1866. The Treaty was favourable to Bolivia since Chile was going the give the territory to Bolivia in 1891, if Bolivia did not ask for mining taxes to the Chilean companies in the disputed territory until then. So all that Bolivia has to do was to wait. 7. The Treaty was perfected in 1874. 8. But Perú was in bad economic situation since the Salitre was desplacing the guano as fertilizar and its own Salitre factories were not compiting well with the Chilean ones. So Perú scretly decided to joing forces with Bolivia and Argentina to make war with Chile. Perú and Bolivia after defeating Chile could take all its salitre mines creating a worls monopoly and Argentina could take the Straight of Magellan already in Chilean hands since 1843. 9. Bolivia then deliveratly provoked the war by not fulfilling its part of the Treaty by demanding taxes from the Chilean companies in the territory in dispute. And when the Chilean companies did no pay the taxes, Bolivia made the ilegal move to auction the factories. So the Chilean goverment was forced to intervine. Peacfully occupying Antofagasta with the sailors of one of its navy ships on the 14th of February of 1979. The Bolivians administrators retreated. But Bolivia declared war on Chile on the 1st of march of 1879. Chile then re took the land usurped by Bolivia in 1826. Action that generated the first confrontation between Chileans and Bolivian on the 23th of March in the town of Calama. 10. Chile asked Perú to remain neutral several times. But the goverment of Perú did not reply and uses that time to continue preparing for war. Finally Perú declared war on Chile on the 4th of April of 1879 by the means of publishing an article in its main newspaper. The news of the war with Chile were celebrated in Peru like a Carnival. As everybody thought then that Bolivia and Perú together, were going to easily defest Chile. Plus there was the strong posibility that Argentina joined, which did no occurrs. 11. Chile has always been a pacifist country. But was forced to act confronted with the impossibility of defend its rights by diplomacy. The better quality of its goverment and the knowledge that was fighting for a just cause gave to Chile the victory. Chile recovered its own territory lost by the ilegal action of Bolivia in 1826. And Chile took from Perú only 10% of it territory despite the fact the Chile conquered in battle most of the peruvian territory an governed Perú for three years. 12. In 1904, 20 years after the cesation of the hostilities, Chile and Bolivia signed a Peace Treaty. That treaty was significally favourable to Bolivia. As Chile actually paid an enormous amount of money to Bolivia, (in practice buying its own territory, by building a rail system from La Paz to Arica, by paying for Bolivia external debts, by opening road fron Bolivia to the Chilean ports, and by allowing for ever to Bolivia the use of Chilean ports free of profitability. 13. Therefore Bolivia has never been in practice a land locked country. So it is not true that Bolivia has suffered for been landlocked. 14. Chile many time proposed a corridor to Bolivia for ex peruvian territory. Even before the end of the war, right after the end of the war and before the signing of the Treaties defining the new international boundaries, but Bolivia insisted in retaking Chilean Atacama territory instead. Resulting in a dead end to negotiation. 15. The socialist goverment of Evo Morales portrayed with patriotic discurse the bolivian aspiration to a exit to the sea as a sacred duty. He even modifyed the Bolivian constitution to make it an obligation by 2023. As the Chilean government refused to give to Bolivia what is rightfully Chilean territory, then Bolivia took its demand to the International Court of Justice. And The Hage ruled in favor of Chile in 2016. Acknowledging that Chile has no obligation of giving territory to Bolivia nor to seat to negotiate a territorial cessation in favor of Bolivia. 16. So the title of this video is WRONG. Bolivia does not wants its coastline back. What Bolivia always wanted was to take from Chile 400 kilometres long territory with coast. Because Bolivia was invented in 1825 without coast. Bolivia administered that Chilean territory between 1826 and 1879. But it was never rightfully Bolivian territory. The CIJ correctly stated in 2016. Bolivia cannot force Chile to give to Bolivia what legally belongs to Chile. Case closed. 17. It is also not true that Bolivia is rich in Lithium. Because despite the fact that lake Uyuni is a huge saltflat, it actually contains a very low concentration of Lithium which make the extraction of Lithium in Bolivia too expensive to be possible. 18. And it is not true that Bolivia is rich in gas and Chile is not. It is the opposite. The gas in Bolivia is now almost completely exausted. Bolivia will have in 2025 not even sufficient gas for its own population. And the deposit of crystalized gas in front of the coast of Chile are the bigest in the world. And now could be exploited. Beside Chile has never depended on Bolivian gas, as Bolivia has never agreed to sell gas to Chile. Chile is now producing most of its energy from solar, wind and hydro plants . As the northen part of Chile is blessed with excellent condition for creating all the energy that the country needs. Chile will be 100% independent from fossil fuels by 2040.

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I know very little about Bolivia, so thank you for this small peek into their history and modern geopolitics. I would enjoy seeing more videos on the region in the future! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

The Bolivian Navy intensely focuses on Lake Titicaca.

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As a Chilean, our answer will always be; no They started a war, making treacherous pacts, disrespecting treaties, then they betrayed Perú and hid in their mountains while we invaded Perú. Now they pay the price. Also, Perú already gave them a port.

Very nice to see latin america's geopolitics receiving more attention. There is a lot of interesting topics, history, and potential for discussion. Keep up the good work, and congratulations on the quality of your content.

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Very informative, thank you. I like the final sentence: one gets what they negotiate not what they deserve.

I don't think that's ever gonna happen. Respect for the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity for Chile.

Bolivia is like Ethiopia. Landlocked because of war went wrong, people get traumatized by the loss, and then lots of things went even further downhill because of government corruption and political infighting.

It's a constant meme that they are bitter and butthurt about their sea and that they want it back.

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“We maintain the firm conviction that the Bolivian demand lacks all basis as it confuses rights with aspirations.” Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

I’ve always been so curious about the relationships between the countries of South America! I’m so glad you cover these!

Bolivia has maintained a navy even when they lost their coasts. Based and chad.

I'm glad we got a follow up to the South American transcontinental railway. Great episode

Thanks for including Latin America in your research

"One gets what they negotiate, not what they deserve" So true

The content quality & presentation of Shirvan is always appreciable.

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It's not about who's right or wrong it's about who wins the war.

This is a very, very interesting and thought provoking Video!

The treasure of the sacambaya was a discovery Channel series that detailed the efforts of a gold hunting team in Bolivia. The show highlighted the beautiful countryside and history of Bolivia and ends with an absolutely jaw dropping revelation and discovery. What's even more incredible about this story is its all true. This really happened.

Bolivia is the country of Potosi. Few cities in the world had as much impact in world history as it had. Large part of the Spanish silver coins, that circulated all over the world, was mined and minted in Potosi.

You know there was a time were Chile did give a corridor to Bolivia in ex Peruvian territory. At the time Peru wanted to take back its territories by going to war with Chile, and Chile knew that such a war would bring Bolivia on Peru's side. So in order to avoid Bolivia becoming Peru's ally they gave them this corridor. Bolivia accepted and for a moment the dispute was resolved. But Peru offer Bolivia a counteroffer and they rejected Chile's offer.

You should do a research on the Bermejo canal that would go from the south of Bolivia to the Parana river and, from there, to the Atlantic Ocean. One of the discussed canals steaming from the Bermejo goes through Santiago del Estero province. That some infraestructure would have MASSIVE geopolitical and economic repercussions.

Bolivia asking its sea access back its like Germany asking for its lost territory from Poland

Imagine if the ex-Spanish colonies weren’t always fighting. Such sadness

And the Hague gave Chile the reason in the verdict, declaring the Silala as an international river, and that cooperation is needed, what we chileans always said, like any rational nation would say.

please talk more of Bolivia, there is some aspects of the economy very perticuliar, like some how a country that holds a the treasure of nature

Nice one! Thanks!!

As a chilean, imagine my surprise. Let's see how you did it!

This issue is a distraction. Switzerland is land-locked and one of the world’s most prosperous countries. Bolivia’s problem is socialism.

It is good that Caspian Reports has turned its attention to South America. Very interesting and well done.

Caspian is the king of quotes. “In life One gets what they negotiate not what they deserve” 👌👌👌

This was great! I'd love to see more vidoes regarding the political intricacies of South America.

Did you say 7 million Bolivians died?? Pretty sure you misinterpreted the stat and meant to say 7 thousand… “Mil” means thousand in Spanish not a million 😂

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Definitely like this level of detail on south geopolitics

The cost of the defeat on the battlefield can only be paid with a victory on the battlefield...

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Great program! Thank you very much. Hopefully, something good will come out of the negotiation between Bolivia and Chile.

I really enjoyed you looking into SA. Please do more of this.

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Comment section is more concerned on Komikoto knife than Bolivia 🤣

thank you for being impartial.

Love the quotes at the end of your videos! 😊😊

Chile is the Croatia of South America 😆

i love the final quote. Amazing how Shirvan always finds a great quote to end with

Well this channel is really informative and really well developed

REally appreciate the focus on Latam's matters

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4:13 that is the painting of The Oath of the Thirty-Three Orientals, by Juan Manuel Blanes It is part of the history Rio Platense not Bolivia

The title should be "Bolivia called, they want their coastline back"

Go Bolivia!

They are gonna have a coastline soon when they join Brasil

"One gets what they negotiate not what they deserve" Totally love it

great!!!!!!! thank you

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There's nothing more annoying for any country than to lose it's coastline, Ethiopia is another example.

One gets what they negotiate not what they deserve. Thanks for the brief report on this resource rich area in minerals and history; I was enlightened by this information.

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Chile should’ve kept following the coast until they reached Alaska

I can't believe you made a video of my native country! Thanks you for pointing out our undying wish for the sea. Even amongst the youth Edit: One thing, although the loss of Bolivian land in general in not the focus, the map you used having the lost coastal regions is incomplete as during that time we also held Acre and "Chaco" among others

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I came for Bolivia, i left with Kamikoto knives.

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Thanks for another super interesting video caspian team! One detail, the painting displayed in min 4:12 actually belongs to the Libertarian Crusade epidose from the Rio de la Plata's independence period, and it portrays the '33 Orientales' who ralied Uruguay, in support with Argentina, to expel Brazilian influence

Thank you for putting more light on this mostly forgiven problem. One day, bolivia must get an access to the pacific in one or other way. Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦