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 Chile:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Chile's Constitution was approved in a highly irregular national plebiscite in September 1980, under the military government of Augusto Pinochet.
Chile's judiciary is independent and includes a court of appeal, a system of military courts, a constitutional tribunal, and the Supreme Court.
Chile has signed free trade agreements (FTAs) with several important economies, including an FTA with the United States, which was signed in 2003 and implemented in January 2004.
winelib.com /wiki/Chile   (3782 words)

  
 JURIST Chile - Chilean law, legal research, human rights
Chile's current constitution was approved in a September 1980 national plebiscite.
Although the Republic of Chile's founders drew on the example of the United States in designing the institutions of government, they drew on Roman law and Spanish and French traditions, particularly the Napoleonic Code, in designing the country's judicial system.
Chile's ordinary courts consist of the Supreme Court, the appellate courts (cortes de apelación), major claims courts, and various local courts (juzgados de letras).
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/chile.htm   (835 words)

  
 Chile - IBWiki
The next Europeans to reach Chile were Diego de Ojeda and his band of Castilian conquistadors, who came from Peru in 1540 seeking gold but were turned back by the local population.
The abolition of slavery in 1740 defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to the south, and permitted increased trade between colonists and Mapuches.
As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Charcas (1879-83), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third, eliminating Charcas' access to the Pacific, and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.
ib.frath.net /w/Chile   (945 words)

  
 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
Chile became a refuge for Jews in the early part of the 20th century.
The Congress of Chilean Jewry met in 1919 as part of a movement to centralize the Jewish community.
The fire department in Chile is a volunteer fire department, and many different national groups have their own group of volunteers.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/chile.html   (1810 words)

  
 Chile Government Information
Chile's Constitution was approved in a September 1980 national plebiscite.
(Chile's Constitution provides that former presidents who have served at least 6 years shall be entitled to a lifetime senate seat.) The last congressional elections were held in December 2001.
Chile maintains an embassy in the United States at 1732 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036; tel: 202-785-1746, fax: 202-659-9624, email: embassy@embassyofchile.org.
www.traveldocs.com /cl/govern.htm   (565 words)

  
 Top20Chile.com - Your Top20 Guide to Chile!
Chile's Constitution was approved in a tightly controlled national plebiscite in September 1980, under the military government of Augusto Pinochet.
Chile is the longest (N-S) country in the world (over 4,200km), and also claims a large section of Antarctica as part of its territory.
Chile controls Easter Island, the easternmost island of Polynesia, which it incorporated to its territory in 1888, and Robinson Crusoe Island, some 400 km from the mainland, in the Juan Fernández archipelago.
www.top20chile.com   (5541 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Economic Success of Chile -- February 26, 1997
But now Chile is enjoying newfound democracy and economic growth, and the Chilean president, Eduardo Frei, is in Washington to discuss a possible trade deal with the United States.
Chile's strong record of reform, good government, and sound fiscal policies make it an excellent candidate for the first use of such authority.
Chile's transition from dictatorship to democracy has been relatively smooth, in large part because Frei's Christian Democrats and their opponents to the left have agreed not to tamper with Pinochet's free market reforms.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/latin_america/february97/chile_2-26a.html   (1051 words)

  
 Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Chile / Bibliography
Chile: Proyecciones y estimaciones de población por sexo y edad: Total del país económicamente activa urbana y rural.
Chile: Sistema de salud en transición a la democracia.
Chile, la memoria prohibida: Las violaciones a los derechos humanos, 1973- 1983.
lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/chile/cl_bibl.html   (6218 words)

  
 CHILE - VIRTUAL TRUTH COMMISSION
CHILE: DECLASSIFIED U.S. December 4, 1970: Department of State, Memorandum for Henry Kissinger on Chile: In response to a November 27 directive from Kissinger, an inter-agency Ad Hoc Working Group on Chile prepared this set of strategy papers covering a range of possible sanctions and pressures against the new Allende government.
CHILE: DECLASSIFIED U.S. November 18, 1970: CIA, Report of CIA Chilean Task Force Activities, 15 September to 3 November 1970: The CIA prepared a summary of its efforts to prevent Allende's ratification as president and to foment a coup in Chile -- track I and track II covert operations.
Cables focused on a scheme to derail formal ratification of Allende's victory by Chile's congress on Oct. 24, 1970.
www.geocities.com /~virtualtruth/chile2.htm   (2426 words)

  
 Chile's Political Background
Democracy in Chile would awaken from the recess that was implemented by General Pinochet.
The issue I present is that Chile has experienced elections that are fair, and without great outcry from those inside or out that the election was unfair.
He has established a collision course for Chile that will be the choice of the electorate in a particular direction that further marginalizes the others.
www.providence.edu /polisci/students/democracy/thesis.htm   (1179 words)

  
 GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Chile
Chile: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes copies of the 1980 constitution, with reforms through 2005 and a previous edition (reforms of 1989); in Spanish
Constitution of the Republic of Chile (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
PARLIAMENT: Congreso Nacional [National Congress]; composed of Senado de la República [Senate] and Cámara de Diputados [Chamber of Deputies] In Spanish
www.loc.gov /law/guide/chile.html   (367 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Chile Congress legalises divorce
Congress in Chile has voted to legalise divorce after a decade of debate.
Chile had been one of only three countries in the world where divorce is banned, and the Roman Catholic Church strongly opposed the change.
The measure, which changes Chile's law on civil matrimony for the first time in 120 years, was approved by the Senate last year.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3503054.stm   (247 words)

  
 Library of Congress of Chile : A Hands-On Modernization Experience - 64th IFLA General Conference - Conference ...
In some cases they have been a leverage for change and growth within their countries, like Venezuela or Chile; in other cases they have maintained services and limited growth during troubled times; in still others libraries are trying hard to achieve a minimum level of quality services and activities.
The modernization project of the Chilean Library of Congress was conceptualized as a concrete effort to incorporate social intelligence within the Institution.
The Chilean Library of Congress could be described as the coalescence of several libraries embraced by a single mission and common objectives.
www.ifla.org /IV/ifla64/087-100e.htm   (3520 words)

  
 Pictures Of Chile - Santiago 4 U
Chile : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress...
The majestic beauty of Chile can be found in its culture, history, people, and natural surroundings.
Atlantic salmon and trout fishing in Argentina and Chile.
www.drgriff.com /pictures-of-chile.html   (178 words)

  
 Chile - Country Profile - Destination Chile
Destination Chile, a virtual travel guide to the long coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Embassy of Chile in the U.S. Washington D.C. Diplomatic Missions of Chile Abroad
Discover Chile: the Andes, Atacama desert, volcanoes and lakes, Santiago, Valparaíso, Farellones/El Colorado, island of Chiloé, Valle del Encanto, Parque Nacional Lauca, Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park, Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Rapa Nui, Juan Fernández archipelago.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/chile.htm   (817 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Chile elections leave Congress split
With 99% of the votes counted, Mr Lagos' "Concert" coalition was on course to keep an eight-seat majority in the lower house, down from 20 seats before.
The president blames Chile's economic troubles on an international crisis worsened by the 11 September attacks on the United States and a steep drop in the price of copper - Chile's main export.
Mr Lagos has said that Chile's economy will grow by about 3% in 2001 and that the country is much better off than many others, especially in Latin America.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1715205.stm   (390 words)

  
 Opinion - Chile: Congress repeals "disrespect" statute
The bill was passed shortly after the 111th session of the Washington-based IACHR, held in Santiago de Chile at the request of the Chilean government.
During the session, IACHR representatives met with Chilean officials to express their concerns about the State Security Law and other legal restrictions on freedom of expression in the country.
Matus faces criminal defamation charges in Chile stemming from the April 1999 publication of The Black Book of Chilean Justice, her muckraking investigation of the Chilean judiciary.
www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_07/issue_08/opinion_06.html   (634 words)

  
 JURIST - Chile
Chile court asked to strip Pinochet immunity in Spanish priest disappearance
Chile high court allows Pinochet 'Caravan of Death' case to proceed
Chile judge refuses release of ex-Peru president Fujimori
jurist.law.pitt.edu /countries/chile.php   (680 words)

  
 Peter M. Siavelis: The President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile
One concern has to do with the institutional arrangements for governing bequeathed to the new democratic regimes by their authoritarian predecessors and with the related issue of whether presidential or parliamentary systems work better for the consolidation of democracy.
In this book, Peter Siavelis takes a close look at the important case of Chile, which had a long tradition of successful legislative resolution of conflict but was left by the Pinochet regime with a changed institutional framework that greatly strengthened the presidency at the expense of the legislature.
Weakening of the legislature combined with an exclusionary electoral system, Siavelis argues, undermines the ability of Chile's National Congress to play its former role as an arena of accommodation, creating serious obstacles to interbranch cooperation and, ultimately, democratic governability.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01947-6.html   (249 words)

  
 Teamsters Warn Congress: Chile-Singapore Deals Will Be Remembered
This means that any vote in favor of the Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreements will likely be viewed by this Administration as a green light for including similar, if not identical, language in future trade agreements.
In addition, under the Jordan FTA, the exact same dispute settlement rules and remedies were available for labor, environmental, and commercial disputes.
“Congress should be supporting trade policy which includes enforceable labor and environmental provisions, not agreements that are dramatically weaker time after time,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters President.
www.teamster.org /03news/nr_030708_2.htm   (306 words)

  
 Kabbalah Congress Chile-2006. Registration Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
International Kabbalah Congresses are held around the world in order to circulate the knowledge about the Science of Kabbalah and to increase the spiritual level of humankind.
During the congresses, Kabbalah students from different countries meet each other.
A wonderful atmosphere of love and friendship that is created during the congresses stays in the hearts of participants forever.
www.kbb1.com /~chile/register.html   (327 words)

  
 Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Chile: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003 (25 February 2004)
Chile: Visa Reciprocity and Country Documents (updated as needed)
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Chile (updated weekly as needed)
uscis.gov /text/services/asylum/ric/Chile.htm   (157 words)

  
 Letter to the Latin American Youth Conference in Chile, Jan 98
Letter to the Latin American Youth Congress in Chile
To the friends gathered in the Latin American Youth Congress in Chile
As the Cause of God advances resistlessly along the path traced out for it by its Divine Founder, each stage of the process opens up to a new generation of Bahá'í youth challenges unique to the historical moment.
www.safnet.com /bahai/uhj/chile.html   (378 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Chile Congress Approves Divorce Law
SANTIAGO (CWN) - Chile's lower house of Congress voted on Tuesday to allow divorce for the first time in the majority Catholic country.
The law would amend the country's 113-year-old law regulating marriage to allow civil divorce, outside of the Church's provisions for annulment.
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www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=5789   (170 words)

  
 Kabbalah Congress Chile-2006. Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Congress begins on Friday, 04.08.2006 at 13:00.
Rav Laitman talks about the importance of attending the Chile congress (6 mins; Windows Media Video)
Rav Laitman habla sobre la importancia de asistir al Congreso Internacional en Chile (6 min.
kbb1.com /~chile   (80 words)

  
 IP Menu - Chile - Intellectual Property Resources
IP Firms of Chile for more information about Intellectual Property firms in Chile.
Search Chile Trademarks (in Spanish) hosted on the DPI website.
Search Chile Designs (in Spanish) hosted on the DPI website.
www.ipmenu.com /country/chile.htm   (96 words)

  
 Chile Information on the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
CIA World Factbook - Chile, provides the flag, a political map, and detailed information on geography, people, government, the economy, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Library of Congress Country Studies - Chile, provides a searchable and very detailed book-length portrait including geography, society, economy, transportation, telecommunications, industry, infrastructure, politics, government, national security, history, environment, religion, education, health care, and much more.
Governments on the WWW - Chile, provides links to government web sites and web sites with political and general information.
www.howardcollege.edu /library/chile.htm   (154 words)

  
 Find in a Library: The president and congress in postauthoritarian Chile : institutional constraints to democratic ...
Find in a Library: The president and congress in postauthoritarian Chile : institutional constraints to democratic consolidation
The president and congress in postauthoritarian Chile : institutional constraints to democratic consolidation
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