Western Hemisphere 181
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Paraguay declared war on Germany and Japan.
Coding changes: End Date changed from August 7, 1945. Outcome changed from
Unclear. Settlement changed from None.
150 Paraguay/740 Japan
MID#3715
Started in February 1945. See the narrative in the 150 Paraguay/255 Germany dyad
dispute list.
155 Chile/160 Argentina
MID#1507
Dispute Number: 1507
Date(s): September 21, 1843 to March 21, 1844
Participants: 155 Chile/160 Argentina
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This dispute concerns Chile’s first occupation of the Magellan Straits.
Chilean constitutions had claimed ownership of the straits, but enforcement was dif-
ficult given other concerns. On September 21, 1843, the Chilean ship Ancud created
a settlement called Bulnes on the Brunswick Peninsula. Argentina only discovered
the colonization efforts years later and protested on December 14, 1847, reiterating
Argentine claims to ownership. This settlement, Chile’s first in the Magellan Straits,
eventually relocated to northward to Punta Arenas in 1849. A treaty of general friend-
ship and commerce was signed on August 30, 1855. The boundary between them was
identified as the boundary between them in 1810, when Argentina revolted against
Spanish rule. This was, at best, a stopgap. Both sides agreed to postpone the issue
indefinitely, and the 1810 boundary did not precisely delineate the straits.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 30, 1844.
MID#1508
Dispute Number: 1508
Date(s): April 1873 to May 22, 1873
Participants: 155 Chile/160 Argentina
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Chile and Peru engaged in several different displays of force as each pos-
tured for control over resource rich areas in Patagonia.