MISTER INTENDENT BY THE POWER
THAT GIVES ME THE NUMBER EIGTHEEN
OF THE ARTICLE EIGHTYTWO OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW
FORTH OF THE PRESENT
I’VE RESOLVED AND DECREE
THAT THE GOVERMENT DECLARES
THE WAR TO THE GOVERMENT OF PERU
THE MINISTER OF EXTERIOR RELATIONS
WILL COMUNICATE TO THE ALLIED COUNTRIES
THIS DECLARATION
EXPOSING JUSTIFIED REASON OF THIS WAR
AND THE INTERIOR MINISTER WILL DELIVER
THE NEWS WITH THE NEEDED SOLEMNITY
SANTIAGO APRIL FIFTEEN
YEAR EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-NINE
NOTHING WILL ERASE THE HISTORY
NOTHING WILL RETURN THE LIVES
NOTHING WILL CHANGE WHAT’S DONE
NOTHING WILL BE SUFFICIENT