Which war did Roa Bastos participate in as a teenager?
World War I
Falklands War
Chaco War
Paraguayan Civil War
Answer
Roa Bastos participated in the Chaco War as a teenager. The Chaco War was a bloody conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay that lasted from 1932 to 1935. It was fought over control of the Chaco Boreal, a sparsely populated region in the Gran Chaco. The war was a disaster for both countries, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 100,000 people.
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