A treaty had been negotiated recognizing the 24th parallel as the border between Chile and Bolivia and awarding Chile the right to share the export taxes on mineral resources taken from between the 23rd and 24th parallels.
A treaty had been negotiated recognizing the 24th parallel as the border between Chile and Bolivia and awarding Chile the right to share the export taxes on mineral resources taken from between the 23rd and 24th parallels. Dissatisfied with this arrangement, Bolivia increased pressure on the Chilean Antofagasta Nitrate Company and invoked its secret treaty with Peru when Chilean forces occupied the city of Antofagasta. The ensuing war destroyed the Peruvian government and witnessed the routing of Bolivian forces before a truce was negotiated. FTP, name this war which resulted in Chilean expansion to the north, gaining Bolivia's former coast and the Peruvian province of Tarapacá.
A treaty had been negotiated recognizing the 24th parallel as the border between Chile and Bolivia and awarding Chile the right to share the export taxes on mineral resources taken from between the 23rd and 24th parallels.
War of the Pacific