Western Hemisphere 177
Coding changes: Start Date changed from July 15, 1920. End Date changed from
August 22, 1920. Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#3009
Dispute Number: 3009
Date(s): March 16, 1978
Participants: 145 Bolivia/155 Chile
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On the eve of the 99th anniversary of the beginning of the War of the
Pacific, the conclusion of which resulted in Chile landlocking Bolivia, the Bolivian
military, as well as several police officials, engaged in a “peaceful march” to the
current border with Chile. When the Bolivians arrived at the border, they engaged
in a symbolic flag planting ceremony. Part of the “peaceful march” entailed arriving
proximate to the border armed, as if for combat, but then leaving their armed garrisons
in order to engage in the flag planting by hand. This is considered a show of force by
the Correlates of War Project.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 17, 1978. End Date changed from
March 17, 1978.
145 Bolivia/160 Argentina
MID#1600
Dispute Number: 1600
Date(s): July 1866
Participants: 145 Bolivia/160 Argentina
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Bolivia believed that the terms of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance
affected its territory on the west bank of the Paraguay River. Bolivia massed troops
on its border with Argentina to demonstrate its willingness to defend that territory.
145 Bolivia/230 Spain
MID#1482
Started in February 1865. See the narrative in the 155 Chile/230 Spain dyad dispute
list.
145 Bolivia/255 Germany
MID#3516
Dispute Number: 3516
Date(s): April 2, 1943
Participants: 145 Bolivia/255 Germany, 325 Italy, 740 Japan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)