Word: tarapaca
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Chileans are convinced that theirs is a race of destiny. Even this pretension is not an idle one. By the War of the Pacific (1879-82) Chileans wrested from ineffectual Bolivians the region of Antofagasta and from Peruvians not only Tarapaca but Arica an Tacna...
...Provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna and Arica, were seized by Chile in the Chile-Peruvian War. According to the Treaty of Ancon (1883, ratified 1884), which ended the war, the fate of the latter two Provinces was to be decided in 1894 by a plebiscite, after they had been under Chilean authority for ten years. If the Provinces reverted to Peru, the latter was to pay Chile $5,000,000; if the plebiscite favored Chile then Chile's right to the Provinces was to be considered absolute...
...That in considering money indemnity between the parties the fact that Chile has received 40 times her war expenditures from Tarapaca and is still receiving revenues must be considered...