Chileans now sympathetic toward Bolivian port
Chileans oppose a proposal for a land swap that would give landlocked Bolivia land for use as a Pacific port, but they would back a compromise that would give Bolivia access to the ocean as long as the land remained under Chilean control.
Bolivian sea access has long been a controversial issue between the countries. Most freight headed to Bolivia moves through the Port of Arica in northern Chile, but Bolivia would like to complete a land swap that would lead to an actual Bolivian port.
A survey conducted by a newspaper in Santiago, Chile said 75 percent of the respondents to a telephone survey supported the concept of Bolivia sea access as long as it would not have sovereignty over current Chilean land, according to an Associated Press report.
Chileans now sympathetic toward Bolivian port
