Refleksi : Sekalipun tidak mempunya batas laut, tetapi Bolivia memiliki angkatan laut tanpa kapal perang, karena harapan mereka sekali kelak bisa direbut kembali wilayah pantai yang direbut oleh Chile pada masa silam.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/bolivia-gains-access-to-sea-20101021-16vxo.html Bolivia gains access to sea La Paz October 22, 2010 IT MIGHT be a strip of sand without even a jetty, but a small stretch of the Pacific coast now harbours Bolivia's dream of regaining a coast and becoming a maritime nation. The landlocked Andean country has won access to a desolate patch of Peru's shore, fuelling hopes that Bolivia will once again have a sea to call its own. President Evo Morales signed a deal on Tuesday with his Peruvian counterpart, Alan Garcia, allowing Bolivia to build and operate a small port about 16 kilometres from Peru's southern port of Ilo. The accord, sealed at Ilo with declarations of South American brotherhood, was a diplomatic poke at Chile, the neighbour that seized Bolivia's coast and a swath of Peruvian territory in the 1879-84 War of the Pacific. Bolivia's leader said the 3.6 square kilometre patch of sand that La Paz will lease from Lima for 99 years ''opens the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to the use of the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets''. The agreement allows Bolivia to build a dock, moor naval vessels and operate a free trade zone, in theory giving it an alternative to shipping its zinc, tin and silver via Chile. There is some doubt, however, whether Bolivia will follow through with the necessary investment. GUARDIAN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
