Introduction The Treaty of Defensive Alliance was a secret defence pact between Bolivia and Peru. Signed in the Peruvian capital, Lima, on 06 February 1873, the document was composed of eleven central articles that outlined its necessity and stipulations and one additional article that ordered the treaty to be kept secret until both contracting parties… Read More
Introduction The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War (Spanish: Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian-Peruvian alliance from 05 April 1879 to 20 October 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert, the… Read More
Introduction Día del Mar (Day of the Sea) is an annual celebration in Bolivia which observes the loss of Litoral Department in the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific with Chile. Background It is celebrated on the 23 of March, at the conclusion of the weeklong Semana del Mar with a ceremony at La Paz’s Plaza… Read More
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