Wednesday, February 27, 2013

DTN News - PICTURE OF THE DAY: Bolivian Troops Parade In La Paz During A Ceremony Commemorating 1879 Pacific War

DTN News - PICTURE OF THE DAY: Bolivian Troops Parade In La Paz During A Ceremony Commemorating 1879 Pacific War  

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 27, 2013: Bolivian troops parade in La Paz during a ceremony commemorating the 134th anniversary of the invasion by Chilean troops to the then Bolivian port of Antofagasta that triggered the Pacific War. 

The 1879 Pacific War confronted Chile with Peru and Bolivia. Defeated, Bolivia lost 120,000 sq km of its territory and its 400 km of Pacific coast.

Picture: AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images

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