international demand decision against Chile divided government
Bolivian Vice President García Linera opted to resort to international instances, against the Chancellor Choquehuanca.
by Francisco Artaza, La Paz
Enlarge As few times in recent weeks, La Paz Sunday dawned calm with no major outbreaks of public protests. The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, made only one visit to Cobija, without mentioning any word of the tough talk to Chile that it had conducted 24 hours earlier, in which he threatened to resort to courts or international agencies for a sovereign outlet to the sea. Bolivian
Silence, however, was not synonymous with peace. Besides the criticism that began to emerge from the opposition, Morales announced the offensive against the background had a strong division within the government itself.
Bolivian sources said, speaking on the eve of Day of the Sea had two groups. One, led by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, who along with the consul of Bolivia in Santiago, Walker San Miguel, advocated continued dialogue with Chile, but hardening, setting clear deadlines for the coins submitted a proposal on the issue sea. Both ombudsmen
raised the idea of \u200b\u200ban agreement "gradual" in principle not incorporate transfer of sovereignty, but to put this element as the target of a new process of dialogue.
But on the other hand, was the group led by Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, whose tough stance was shared by former Vice Chancellor Monica Soriano and President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia, Hector Arce, the officers. They
, sources say, were in favor of open road and explore multilateral international demand, as finally announced Morales.
Soriano, in fact, who left office a few weeks ago, worked in February in a design of any claim against Chile. Hence
come, commented in La Paz, legal alternatives began to be analyzed. Options in any case, were considered "very difficult" in Chile. Location
Meanwhile, in the early hours of yesterday, the consul of Chile in La Paz, Jorge Canelas, took a plane to Santiago and today will meet with Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, to analyze the internal scenario of La Paz. In RR.EE . said that his return was scheduled previously.
Yesterday, Chilean attention was focused on what reaction have from La Paz to the answer he had given on Wednesday night the President Sebastián Piñera, is "inadmissible" to raise the option of an international demand and at the same time, ask to maintain political dialogue on the subject.
In Santiago said he was "calm" and pointed to a Bolivian complication, because it sees no legal grounds for an international demand. So if La Paz insisted, would be the ones who appear to block the direct dialogue.
In this context, Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno made a more explicit site. "It in the hands of the Bolivian government to determine what path you want to move forward. Naturally, one can not travel all the way at the same time, "said the owner of RR.EE .
Bolivian response came about 18 hours, by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca.
In a different tone taken by Morales on the eve and although he insisted that "we need to explore other alternatives, other ways we can not keep waiting another 132 years," Choquehuanca insisted that "we are of the culture of dialogue , we will never close the doors of dialogue with Chile. "
Even La Paz-Chancellor who deflected talk of "demand" - said "there is pending an upcoming meeting of deputy foreign ministers, which will address these issues."
In any case, said on Wednesday the cabinet Bolivians work in the decree creating the new Department of Maritime Claim, you will find the arguments for using international fora. "This issue never stopped being a concern in the region, multilateral agencies such as the OAS," he added.
The complex pathways that analyzes
La Paz Agreement Bogota
One of the international treaties that Bolivia will ask Congress to ratify the Pact of Bogotá, 1948. In doing so, require that Chile meets a potential claim before the International Court of Justice, as did neighboring Peru with his request. However, the debate in Bolivia and also Chile-analysis suggests that both cases are not comparable. In Santiago Lima say they "built" a case for years, sending diplomatic notes to Chile, and even changing domestic laws, with an ultimatum which then allowed him to be exhausted the path of negotiation. Bolivia, said in La Paz, does all that work.
Nullity and UN treaty
On Tuesday, Morales said that "the 1904 treaty was forged under pressure (...) Chilean and the announcement of Chilean troops stationed on the border." This suggests, say in both countries, an argument to eventually ask the UN to the invalidity of the border treaty with Chile. As explained, the Vienna Convention of 1969-another of the agreements that La Paz must ratify in Congress, states in article 52 that "A treaty is void if its conclusion has been procured by the threat or use of force" ;. In Chile, however, consider there is little ground for the international community to evict the pact that ended the Pacific War.
The same covenant, 1904
"The unjust treaty of 1904 is not met or has been taken by Chile," Morales said Tuesday, referring to "free transit" established by this covenant. This suggests, say diplomats from both countries to invoke the treaty itself, which states in his latest article a mechanism to resolve "all matters which may come to arise in connection with intelligence or execution" of the agreement. However, this said that the dispute will be brought to "His Majesty the Emperor of Germany." Before the eyes of strangeness of Santiago, La Paz insisted that could be asked to bring a dispute before the Court in The Hague.
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