Bolivian soldiers reenact 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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  • Bolivian soldiers reenact 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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    Bolivian soldiers reenact 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES

  • A general view of the re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado
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    A general view of the re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado

  • TOPSHOT - Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) attends the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian soliders defeated Chilean troops during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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    TOPSHOT - Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) attends the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian soliders defeated Chilean troops during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES

  • Bolivian soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado
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    Bolivian soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado

  • BOL026. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia le regala al presidente boliviano, Evo Morales (i), el cuadro de la batalla de Canchas Blancas hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, durante la recreaciÛn de una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz
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    BOL026. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia le regala al presidente boliviano, Evo Morales (i), el cuadro de la batalla de Canchas Blancas hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, durante la recreaciÛn de una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz

  • Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) attends the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian soliders defeated Chilean troops during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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    Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) attends the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian soliders defeated Chilean troops during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES

  • A Bolivian soldier (C) takes part in the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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    A Bolivian soldier (C) takes part in the reenactment of the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES

  • -FOTODELDIA- BOL008. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia recrea hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz
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    -FOTODELDIA- BOL008. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia recrea hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz

  • BOL010. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia recrea hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz
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    BOL010. CANCHAS BLANCAS (BOLIVIA). 28/03/2018.- El EjÈrcito de Bolivia recrea hoy, miÈrcoles 28 de marzo de 2018, una victoria sobre Chile en la guerra del PacÌfico de hace 139 aÒos, como cierre a su campaÒa en apoyo de la demanda marÌtima boliviana ante el paÌs vecino, en la llanura de Canchas Blancas (Bolivia). La llanura fue el escenario de la recreaciÛn de la batalla en la que soldados, indÌgenas y campesinos bolivianos detuvieron el avance de Chile en la contienda de 1879, en la que Bolivia perdiÛ la salida al mar. EFE/Martin Alipaz

  • Bolivian soldiers reenact 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES
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    Bolivian soldiers reenact 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in which Bolivian troops defeated the Chilean during the four-year Pacific War in which the country finally lost its access to the sea, in the municipality of Colcha K in southwestern Bolivia, on March 28, 2018. Bolivia reenacted the battle on the last day of Chilean hearings at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, over their dispute on Pacific Ocean access after Bolivia appealed urging UN judges to rule that Chile has a legal obligation to enter into negotiations to end the row.? / AFP / Aizar RALDES

  • Bolivian soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado
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    Bolivian soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas (white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/David Mercado

  • Bolivian soldiers re-enact the battle of "Canchas Blancas," which took place during the Pacific War that Bolivia lost to Chile in 1879, and in effect lost its access to the sea, in Canchas Blancas, Bolivia, the sight of the actual battle, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Bolivia is currently waging a legal battle at The Hague's International Court of Justice to recuperate the lost Pacific coastal lands from Chile. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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    Bolivian soldiers re-enact the battle of "Canchas Blancas," which took place during the Pacific War that Bolivia lost to Chile in 1879, and in effect lost its access to the sea, in Canchas Blancas, Bolivia, the sight of the actual battle, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Bolivia is currently waging a legal battle at The Hague's International Court of Justice to recuperate the lost Pacific coastal lands from Chile. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Canchas Blancas. A 290 kilómetros de la costa, en un poblado desértico a casi 4.000 metros de altitud, cañones y fusiles del siglo XIX volvieron a tronar el miércoles para recrear una batalla en la que tropas bolivianas hicieron retroceder al ejército chileno en la Guerra Pacífico (1879-1883), cuando perdió su litoral y quedó encerrada entre las montañas.

La escenificación tuvo lugar en el mismo terreno de la batalla, una planicie de sal, ventosa y rodeada de rocas.

El ejército movilizó tropas, cañones, fusiles con bayoneta, indígenas armados con hondas y palos que lucharon del lado boliviano, espejos, caballos, mulas y correos humanos llamados chaskis.

El presidente Evo Morales, jefes militares y autoridades observaron la recreación de la batalla ocurrida en noviembre de 1879 en Canchas Blancas, al suroeste boliviano, que fue transmitida al país por la televisora estatal.

Ese acto cerró las Jornadas por el Mar que el gobierno organizó para acompañar los alegatos orales ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) de La Haya, que debe resolver la demanda interpuesta por Bolivia contra de Chile por una salida al mar.

Bolivia perdió su litoral en la llamada Guerra del Pacífico contra Chile.

Los alegatos comenzaron la semana pasada y Chile cerró el miércoles reafirmando que no tiene problemas pendientes con Bolivia tras la firma del Tratado 1904. La Paz ha pedido a la CIJ que declare que Santiago tiene la “obligación de negociar de buena fe” un acceso soberano al Pacífico. Se espera un fallo para fines de este año.

“Queremos que los bolivianos se impregnen de un espíritu victorioso a la espera del fallo”, dijo el comandante en jefe de las FF.AA., almirante Jaime Borda.

Por su parte, Morales señaló que la demanda y los actos conmemorativos “han servido para mostrar al mundo que hay temas pendientes entre Chile y Bolivia”.

Como parte de los actos, el gobierno organizó un “banderazo” hace 11 días que consistió en extender la bandera más larga del mundo —de 196 kilómetros— y conmemoró el Día del Mar el pasado 23 de marzo como nunca antes con desfiles cívico-militares en todo el país que no sólo han insuflado civismo en los bolivianos, sino que también han ayudado a elevar la popularidad del mandatario venida a menos en los últimos meses.

Canchas Blancas es un poblado desértico cerca de la frontera y próximo a la mina de plata, plomo y zinc a cielo abierto San Cristobal, operada por la japonesa Sumitomo. La pista de aterrizaje de esa empresa sirvió para trasladar tropas, prensa y autoridades para la escenificación.

Fuente: AP

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