It's not really access to the sea given the fact that Argentina and Paraguay are between Bolivia and Uruguay.
In terms of directly leading to the sea, no, it's not exact. But it's more than Bolivia has had thus far, and I just don't see Argentina taking a strong stand on this. I suppose some faction in Argentina could try to reframe it in terms of "national sovereignty," and Christina Kirchner may have to jump on board (given her already unpopular standing) just to maintain some legitimacy, but I just don't think that will happen. And again, it's a better offer than Bolivia has had from anybody in a long time.
If the Bolivians had some kind of sea access, I fear it could cut into their irrational hatred of Chile, one of the most entertaining things about the place, particularly the public art at Lake Titicaca showing the glorious future of Bolivians retaking the land lost to Chile and bayoneting Chilean soldiers in the throat.
Also, Johnny Depp as Villa could hardly be worse than Wallace Beery's performance in the 1931 (I think) film Viva Villa. In it, Berry places Villa as a man who cannot speak in complete sentences. It's supposed to be sympathetic, despite this.
Last year, the Chile granted Bolivia the right to import goods under its own authority at Iquique. Certainly seems better to do so through a country that it actually borders, rather than one and possibly two countries to get to a third that it does not border.
On the other hand, I think Erik is absolutely right: they probably don't want to go through a port that used to be theirs.
Talk about cutting off one's nose to spite one's face . . .
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