Western Hemisphere 185
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An Argentine army unit invaded and occupied the Alto Palena. An agree-
ment was reached in February the next year.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 3, 1958. End Date changed
from November 3, 1958. Outcome changed from Unclear. Settlement changed from
None.
MID#1100
Dispute Number: 1100
Date(s): August 1959 to September 29, 1959
Participants: 155 Chile/160 Argentina
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Both Argentina and Chile exchanged protests over various border viola-
tions in disputed waters. Chile, for example, sent two protests over Argentine naval
activity near Picton Island in the Beagle Channel between the southern tip of Argen-
tina and Chile. On September 28, 1959, the Argentine ship Bahia Thetis was attacked
by Chilean planes about 300 miles off the Chilean coast. Twenty Chilean soldiers
in three jeeps were then led by an officer across the Argentine border into the Salta
province the next day.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 16, 1959.
MID#1101
Dispute Number: 1101
Date(s): March 24, 1960
Participants: 160 Argentina/155 Chile
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: A Chilean police patrol encountered a camp of the Argentine soldiers
in the Hondo Valley in the direction of Las Horquetas. Seven policemen drew their
weapons and fired bursts into the air to prevent them continuing further into Argentine
territory.
MID#1102
Dispute Number: 1102
Date(s): September 17, 1963
Participants: 160 Argentina/155 Chile
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On September 17, Chile found Argentine gendarmes constructing a wire
fence in the disputed Palena zone. Despite protests from Chile, Argentina kept the
mile-long fence up until November 5. Chile and Argentina had signed a treaty in 1902