DISPUTED TERRITORIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030018-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 1, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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gain outlet to the Atlantic via the Paraguay River. From 1932 to 1934 Paraguay and
Bolivia fought the Chaco War in which Paraguay was triumphant and received most
of the Chaco area in question.
Chile/Argentina see Argentina/Chile
Chile/Bolivia see Bolivia/Chile or Bolivia/Chile/Peru
Chile/Peru see Bolivia/Chile/Peru
Colombia/Nicaragua
AM8
Off the eastern shore of Nicaragua lie the small islands of San Andreas and
Providencia and the even smaller coral cays of Quitasueno, Serrana, and Roncador.
Controlled for years by Colombia, in 1980 the new Sandinista government in
Nicaragua claimed the islands, citing the islands proximity and their position on
Nicaragua's, not Colombia's continental shelf. Nicaragua claimed that since 1909
Nicaragua had been unable to properly defend its interests, and that a number of
treaties which Nicaragua had signed were signed under duress. Panama, a former
province of Colombia, views itself as Colombia's sucessor state in the Caribbean and
holds a dormant claim on the islands. It is possible that there is petroleum in the
seabed near the islands.
Colombia/Venezuela AM9
Although the land border between Colombia and Venezuela was settled by 1932,
the maritime border of the two in the area of the Los Monjes Islands at the mouth of
? the Gulf of Venezuela is still a matter of dispute. The Gulf of Venezuela is known to
contain petroleum products. The dispute over the maritime borders has existed since
the 1920's. In 1980 an agreement was negotiated which wOuld resolve the dispute,
? although the-agreement faced heavy opposition in both countries, especially in
L Venezuela.
Cuba/US:Guantanamo AM10
Following the Spanish-American War of 1898, the U.S. found itself in control of
Cuba and a number of other areas. In 1902 the U.S. withdrew from the island, but
imposed a number of conditions on the newly independent Cuban state, one of which
was the granting to the U.S. of a naval base on Cuba's southeastern shore on
Guantanamo Bay. A 1934 treaty between the U.S. and Cuba reconfirmed the U.S.
possession of the base at Guantanamo Bay until such a time as the two sides agree to
alter the arrangement. In 1959 Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, and by 1960
Castro was calling for the removal of the base, claiming the base was imposed on
Cuba against its will and was thus illegal. In 1964 Cuba cut off Guantanamo's
supply of fresh water, and has continuously refused to cash the rent check the U.S.
has offered every year.
Ecuador/Peru AM11
The border dispute between Ecuador and Peru concerns territory now lying in
northeast Peru, primarily in the Peruvian province of Loreto. The territory in
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