The importance of guano and nitrate strengthened the disputes and Peru asked Argentina to sign a Defence Treaty and Chile offered Bolivia to cross the divide and to seize Peruvian territories to "facilitate" its outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
The importance of guano and nitrate strengthened the disputes and Peru asked Argentina to sign a Defence Treaty. Before and during the War of the Pacific Chile offered Bolivia to cross the divide and to seize Peruvian territories to "facilitate" its outlet to the Pacific Ocean.