Why?

cooper

Guano

Chile needed more coast

Chile must grow longer
once it is long enough it may stand up and reach the moon

i wonder much more why brazil even bothered taking some useless djungle

>>2972446
Because they (and Peru) started a war with Chile and lost. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

>>2972522
Portales detected
They didn't start a war against Chile, they allied so they could defend themselves. Also, it was because muh tariffs. Peru increased tariffs on salpeter so the eternal Anglo told Chile to conquer those provinces. Of course there was previously talks about taking those provinces (Portales doctrine) so the eternal Anglo made profit of this opportunity.

>>2972483
kek

>>2972512
Brazil's borders were too unaesthetic until they took a piece of Bolivia

>>2972697
>expecting a secret defensive treaty to be recognised
But Belgium was just a scrap of paper right

>>2972512
It was populated during the rubber rush by brazilian rubber collectors. I guess illegally but it's hard to notice borders in the middle of uncharted jungle.
It could be complicated to keep a territory full of brazilians without a single bolivian living in it so they sold it.

>>2972446
Why were there two Brazils?

>>2972697
>Also, it was because muh tariffs. Peru increased tariffs on salpeter so the eternal Anglo told Chile to conquer those provinces. Of course there was previously talks about taking those provinces (Portales doctrine) so the eternal Anglo made profit of this opportunity.

Peru and Bolivia also had a fuckton of unpaid debns to Chile, and would attempt to seize Chilean capitals in the area.

also there's the whole taking hostage thousands of workers thing, and the "we've helped the Spanish conquer you again right after the first juntas, invaded you twice, attacked your fleet and assassinated your diplomats, but we're still friends right?" thing.

honestly, Peru and Bolivia tried to fuck over Chile they deserve the butt blasting they got.

>>2972451
Wrong, phosphate. Guano export was from Peru

>>2975380
>During the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Chile seized much of the guano as well as Peru's nitrate-producing area
They got both

>>2972512
Brazil has the slowest version of Manifest Destiny. One day we will reach the pacific, but we are too lazy to do it in a few decades like the Americans.

>>2975394
Didnt know that. Also neant nitrate not phosphate obviously

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>>2975414
Lmao

You huehuehues are alright.

>>2972446
Has there ever been uglier borders?

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>mfw it's actually true

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>>2972483

CHILE WILL GROW LONGER

>>2975591
almost as aesthetic as Ottoman Empire + Iceland

>>2975591
Chile may not touch the Atlantic, you only get half of Panama and have to demolishes the canal.

>>2975633
whoa man, if Chile wrapped around all of the Americas' coastline it would be infinity. really activates my almonds

>>2972446
Brazil brought that land in 1903, but never paid.

>>2972446
Because spain was retarded at drawing colonial borders.