The Gran Chaco War: Fighting for Mirages in the Foothills of the Andes The Gran Chaco is the most inhospitable part of the inhospitable Chaco Boreal, a largely uninhabited, 250, 000 sq-mi region west of the Paraguay River and east of the foothills of the Andes in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is an arid, semi-desert, where some of the highest temperatures recorded in South America are ...

Case Number: 48 Case Identifier: Chaco Case Name: Chaco War ICE Case Studies The Chaco War By Ryan Lindsay Case Background Environment Aspects Conflict Aspects Environment and Conflict Overlap Related Information and Sources I. Case Background 1. Abstract The Chaco War (1932-1935) was the result of a territory dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. Both landlocked countries sought an expansion of ...