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Interesting article re the talks between Bolivia and Chile re a possible resolution to their border dispute.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_inland_navy
Some interesting background on the dispute is here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific
Of course it will be interesting to see what if any role the US administration plays in this considering their prior involvement in the affairs of both countries. The assassination of Che Guevera in Bolivia in 1967 who was attempting to set up a peasant revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevera#Capture_and_execution
And their part in the 1973 military coup that toppled progress Chilean President Salvador Allende
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende#The_coup
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_inland_navy
Some interesting background on the dispute is here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific
Of course it will be interesting to see what if any role the US administration plays in this considering their prior involvement in the affairs of both countries. The assassination of Che Guevera in Bolivia in 1967 who was attempting to set up a peasant revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevera#Capture_and_execution
And their part in the 1973 military coup that toppled progress Chilean President Salvador Allende
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende#The_coup