[sidmitra]

Disclaimer: I live in Chile, but not a Chilean national(nor of similar ethnicity), and certainly not a historian.

The dispute is seen differently in Chile and is not as simplistic as Chile invading a port. In general i've gotten the sense that the general populace believes that Bolivia(with its secret alliance with Peru) had other intentions.

>In February 1878, Bolivia increased taxes on the Chilean mining company Compañía de Salitres y Ferrocarril de Antofagasta [es] (CSFA), in violation of the Boundary Treaty of 1874 which established the border between both countries and prohibited tax increases for mining. Chile protested the violation of the treaty and requested international arbitration, but the Bolivian government, presided by Hilarión Daza, considered this an internal issue subject to the jurisdiction of the Bolivian courts. Chile insisted that the breach of the treaty would mean that the territorial borders denoted in it were no longer settled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific

>Ill-defined borders and oppressive measures allegedly taken against the Chilean migrant population in these territories furnished Chile with a pretext for invasion.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Chile/The-War-of-the-Pacifi...

[cdelsolar]

Chilenos weones

[pvaldes]

Yup, this is what happens. All the time.

[neoyagami]

confirmo, soy chileno