Negotiations were stalled, especially after a series of authors, whose writings favored their respective governments, suggested that both sides of the mountain range must defend their own state at all costs.
Las negociaciones se dilataron, en especial tras una serie de autores que surgieron a ambos lados de la Cordillera que defendían a ultranza a cada Estado y que con sus escritos, favorecían a sus respectivos gobiernos.