In Bolivia’s Quest to Regain the Pacific, Political Posturing Is More Afterthought than Motivator

January 5, 2012 by Nicholas Fromherz

Since taking office in 2006, Bolivian President Evo Morales has been on a mission to regain access to the Pacific by way of Chile. Now that it has become painfully obvious that Chile is unwilling to engage in meaningful negotiations—Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has called Bolivia’s vision “impossible” —Morales has announced his intent to bring the dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.