President Evo Morales recalled the support of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for the disputed maritime demand against Chile for a sovereignty exit to the Pacific Ocean.
 
In a message posted on his Twitter account, the Bolivian leader recalled a speech by the well-known Cuban politician in this city, in which he asked the world to solve the injustice caused by the Chilean invasion.
 
As today, in 1993, our brother Commander Fidel Castro, requested from La Paz to the international community, to raise awareness and resolve our sovereignty maritime demand for Bolivia, he wrote.
 
Morales showed hope in a quick solution to this conflict through diplomatic and peaceful means.
 
Fidel traveled to the Bolivian government headquarters in 1993, to attend the inauguration of former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
 
In his speech, Fidel described the mediterraneanity of this South American country as one of the most unjust and most damaging events in Bolivia.
 
Bolivia lost its access to the sea when Chile snatched it 400 kilometers of coasts and another 120,000 square kilometers of territory rich in natural resources, including copper, lithium and saltpeter, during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883).
 
In 2013, the government of President Evo Morales decided to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice in the Hague and in 2018 that court heeded the arguments by both parties on the claim.
 
In case that the failure of that international court is favorable to Bolivia, it forces Chile to negotiate an exit to the sea with the Andean nation.