tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122455912973600650.post1754826178969527868..comments2021-07-07T11:13:54.534-05:00Comments on Our Family Adventure: Protest or Parade?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12482843606712445763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122455912973600650.post-58364239881533892362011-05-22T20:36:07.754-05:002011-05-22T20:36:07.754-05:00Wow, that's really interesting Jim. The issue ...Wow, that's really interesting Jim. The issue of Bolivia's access to the Pacific is alive and well. Bolivia has recently asked a Spanish judge to hear Bolivia's case. Certainly, looking at its geography its easy to understand what a huge loss it was to lose the Antofogasta area. LJLojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979028769176380872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122455912973600650.post-61792792190178264852011-05-22T17:19:23.104-05:002011-05-22T17:19:23.104-05:00Really enjoyed the photos and commentary and am ve...Really enjoyed the photos and commentary and am very glad you evaded water cannons and full-force teargas.<br /><br />On a sad note, Marian Clay died on Thursday--very peacefully, Darlene told me. <br /><br />Love, MomMinnesotaMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028816470860580821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122455912973600650.post-74480786451322215312011-05-22T14:26:16.510-05:002011-05-22T14:26:16.510-05:00It is interesting to me that Chile and Bolivia bot...It is interesting to me that Chile and Bolivia both celebrate the anniversary of this war in 1879, when Bolivia was easily beaten and lost its final outlet to the sea (at or near the city of Arica, I think). Bolivia celebrates its loss with "El Dia del Mar", when the military holds parades and the politicians rant about how Bolivia is about to march to the sea and force Chile to return the outlet to the Pacific Ocean. It is a sort of cathartic experience in which Bolivia blames the "asesinos" of Chile for all of its troubles. In 1966, when the big parade passed by the Centro Boliviano-Americano, from which I watched it. In addition to a fair number of regular rag-tag soldiers, I saw six or eight female paratroopers. There was one flatbed truck which carried a few very old ladies who were identified as widows of Bolivians who had fought in that "war". (I figured that none of them were alive at the time of the war. They must have been very young brides of very old men who had been involved in the war.) From my memories of watching that parade, I wrote a paper which I used in graduate school. I titled it "Bolivia's March to the Sea", and the journalism professor liked it. I still have that paper somewhere. <br /><br />Jim RogersJim Rogersnoreply@blogger.com