The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Republic of Chile and Spain ( es, Tratado de Paz y Amistad entre la República de Chile y España) was a

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signed between

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and

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in the

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city of

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, then

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by Chile. The treaty put an end to the state of war that existed between both states since the

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Background

In 1867 Spain and Chile had reached a preliminary agreement to receive the warships embargoed by the British neutrality laws, which caused the diplomatic incident between Peru and Chile in 1868. In 1871, an armistice was signed in

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between Spain and allies Peru and Chile. Later, at the beginning of the

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, Spain signed the two treaties in Paris with Peru (August 14, 1879) and Bolivia (August 21, 1879), which ended the state of war. In 1881, the Chilean government allowed the arrival of Spanish merchant ships to its ports in recognition of the protection provided by Spanish merchants to the Chilean victims of the

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Treaty

The representatives for the treaty were Jovino Novoa for Chile and Enrique Vallés for Spain, who signed the treaty in the Peruvian city of

, during its occupaton by Chile. The treaty itself contains 5 articles that dictate peace, repeal the armistice of 1871, order to communicate it to the

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and order to exchange the ratifications within a year. Chilean president

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put it into effect in Chile on May 21, 1884.

References

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Background

Treaty

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