Show christ it of the andes the year 1902 was a great peace year for the two great A and C S south american republics argentina and chile great brit am ain had successfully mediated a boundary dispute between the two nations which had almost turned the neighbor republics into two armed camps to cement the boundary agreement chi chilean ean and argentine delegates agreed to a reduction of armaments may 28 1902 the women of buenos aires commemorated these peace pacts by supplying the necessary funds to erect the huge bronze statue of christ on the andes frontier between the two republics |