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Bolivia's Morales to take Chile sea dispute to court

Bolivia has said it will take Chile to international courts to try to recover access to the Pacific Ocean, which it lost in a war 132 years ago.

President Evo Morales said Chile had failed to respond to a deadline he had set for progress in negotiations.

He said Bolivia would continue dialogue with Chile while seeking a legal solution to its landlocked status.

Bolivia's loss of the sea was an "open wound" that must be healed, he added.

Mr Morales was speaking on Bolivia's "Day of the Sea", when it commemorates its defeat by Chile in the 19th Century War of the Pacific....

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