The Chaco War 1932–35 by Alejandro de Quesada

Author:Alejandro de Quesada
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Chaco War 1932–35
ISBN: 9781849089012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

Salustiano Medina (left) served as a soldado for Paraguay, while Absalón Rivera Blacut (right) was a Bolivian cabo, corporal. By 2010, 75 years after the end of the conflict, the average age for a veteran of the Chaco War was over 95. (Photo A.M. de Quesada/photo AdeQ Historical Archives)

The Bolivians formed their own Federación de Excombatientes de la Guerra del Chaco after the war. To mark the 75th anniversary of the ceasefire, in 2010 the Bolivian cabinet decreed the payment of a one-off bonus to surviving veterans, and a 5 percent increase in their lifetime pension; this increase would benefit about 655 veterans, 72 disabled veterans, and 6,205 widows of deceased veterans. The numbers of surviving Bolivian veterans are comparable to those in Paraguay; roughly 5,000 were alive in 2004, and just under 3,000 in 2010.

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