Without the victory both Peru and Bolivia would retain their territories, which enabled Chile to double its size at the end of the war OTL.
There is also all those nitrates that the British were keen on exploiting.
In the medium term, without a victory in the north, the prospects of Chile are dim at the time to confront Argentina for ownership of Patagonia, which both countries wanted for themselves.
Having lost both gambles in the north and south Chile will end as a much smaller country, with little economic development and far smaller importance in South America, sort of Paraguay 2.0
OTOH Bolivia....won't change much from today. That's because Bolivia's problem is not its lack of access to the sea, both Chile and Peru have granted them almost free access through Arica or Ilo; or lack of resources, since they sit on huge mineral and gas reservoirs.
Except that Paraguay isn't unimportant to South American history. It exists as a buffer state between Argentina and Brazil, a few years earlier won a war against both Argentina and Brazil, and Urugay
...If Chile concentrates on Patagonia, then it might control Tierra del Fuego in its entirety and much of current Argentine Patagonia.
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...But is an Argentino TdF absolutely certain? Settlement was quite late - and wasn't Punto Arenas established first?
Looking forward to your next tranche of your 'Algo habran hecho...' TL...
...Please?
They didn't win that war...
...But is an Argentino TdF absolutely certain? Settlement was quite late - and wasn't Punto Arenas established first?
Looking forward to your next tranche of your 'Algo habran hecho...' TL...
...Please?
And for bonus points, loses as hard and fast as possible. What effects does this have on South America as a whole, and how much more prosperous is Bolivia with acess to the sea?
Personally, I believe Argentina would have won a war against Chile in 1879/1885.
Personally, I believe Argentina would have won a war against Chile in 1879/1885. But if Chile doesn't go to war over Atacama, and settles Tierra del Fuego in the 1870s, Argentina might chose not to go to war over the island. It's not certain, but it's a possibility.
this is a tough one, as my understanding is that Bolivia and Peru demonstrated an impressive level of incompetence on nearly a record scale. You have to look long and hard for a worse level military competence (ironically, the other war Bolivia fought..the War of the Triple Alliance)
They didn't win that war...
Nor is the Gran Chaco "resource-rich"...
Not really. There is iron, gas and oil in there.
Bolivia didn't fight that war. It was Paraguay against the Triple Alliance(Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay).
The other wars Bolivia fought were the one of the Bolivian-Peruvian Confederation(30's or 40's IIRC) and the War of Chaco(in the 30's of XX Century)