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Bolivia set to file suit against Chile over water dispute
Bolivia set to file suit against Chile over water dispute
March 28, 2016
SUCRE: Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday that his country has decided to file suit against Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over a water dispute.
Bolivia argues it owns the Silala spring waters originating in its southwest department of Potosi and that it is not being compensated for Chile’s use of the water, which flow across their shared border.
Chile, however, argues that the waters constitute an international river.
“We have decided as a pacifist country to go to The Hague so that Chile respects our water in Silala,” Morales said at a public event.
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