Laguna del Desierto incident Laguna del Desierto incident The Laguna del Desierto incident, in Argentina called also Battle of Laguna del Desierto, occurred between four Chilean Carabineros and between 40 and 90 members of the Argentine Gendarmerie and took place in zone south of O'Higgins/San Martín Lake on 6 November 1965, resulting in one lieutenant killed and a sergeant injured, both members of Carabineros, creating a tense atmosphere between Chile and Argentina. The British award of 1903 considered the demands of Chile and Argentina as irreconcilable and previous authorization of both governments draw a boundary between the extreme pretensions of the litigants. In the
Laguna de Las Marites Natural Monument Laguna de Las Marites Natural Monument The Laguna de las Marites Natural Monument () Also Las Marites Lagoon Natural Monument Is a protected area with natural monument status located on the southeast coast of the coastal plain of Margarita Island in Nueva Esparta state in the northwest of the South American country of Venezuela. It was declared a monument on February 27, 1974. It has an extension of 3674 ha, an altitude of 40 msnm and an average temperature of 26 ° C, with hypersaline waters. Its vegetation is composed of large numbers of black and red lagoons and mangroves.