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War 1879-83 fought by an alliance of Bolivia
and Peru against Chile. Chile seized
Antofagasta and the coast between the mouths
of the rivers Loa and Paposo, rendering
Bolivia landlocked, and also annexed the
southern Peruvian coastline from Arica to the
mouth of the Loa, including the nitrate
fields of the Atacama Desert. Bolivia has
since tried to regain Pacific access, either
by a corridor across its former Antofagasta
province or by a twin port with Arica at the
end of the rail link from La Paz. Brazil
supports the Bolivian claims, which would
facilitate its own transcontinental traffic.