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	History of Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chile's constitution was approved in a fraudulent national plebiscite held in September 1980.
		In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union (comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.
		History of: Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Chile (3533 words)

	History of Chile
		Farming in the Central Valley was the chief occupation, and Chile supplied Peru with foodstuffs, especially wheat.
		In November 1993 the former head of Chile's secret police during the Pinochet government and his deputy were sentenced to seven- and six-year sentences for masterminding the 1976 Letelier assassination.
		The case, which was widely seen as a test of Chile's fragile democracy, was appealed and upheld by the Chilean Supreme Court in May 1995.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/HISTOR~5.htm (2523 words)

	Consulado General de Chile en Nueva York
		In Chile the initial move toward independence was made on September 18, 1810, in a Cabildo Abierto (open town meeting) in Santiago, attended by representatives of privileged groups.
		Chile defeated the Peruvian-Bolivian army and annexed the provinces of Antofagasta and Tarapacá.
		The period between 1891 and 1920 was one of intense political activity that saw the formation of new political parties and tendencies that tried to express the political desires of the middle and lower classes.
	www.chileny.com /02history.html (2354 words)

	History of CHILE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chile consists of a long narrow strip lying between the high Andes and the Pacific.
		Chile, retaliating in February 1879, seizes the port of Antofagasta.
		Bolivia cedes to Chile its Pacific coastline and the nitrate-rich province of Antofagasta, while Chile in return merely agrees to build a railway from La Paz to the coast and to guarantee the unrestrained passage of Bolivian goods to certain ports.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac10 (1575 words)

	Chile : : History \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chile was given its first taste of independence after Napoléon's invasion of Spain in 1808 and the subsequent sacking of King Ferdinand VII, who Napoléon replaced with his own brother.
		With Chile as the final victor, both countries signed treaties that conceded Peru's Tarapacá region and Antofagasta to Chile, increasing Chile's size by one-third with nitrate- and silver-rich land, and cutting Bolivia off from the coast.
		Chile is on its third democratically elected president since the dictatorship, the left-leaning Ricardo Lagos.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/chile/2319020044.html (2021 words)

	Chile (03/06)
		Chile's judiciary is independent and includes a court of appeal, a system of military courts, a constitutional tribunal, and the Supreme Court.
		Chile is a strong proponent of pressing ahead on negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and active in the WTO’s Doha round of negotiations, principally through its membership in the G-20 and Cairns Group.
		Chile is an active member of the UN family of agencies and participates in UN peacekeeping activities.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1981.htm (4925 words)

	Chile: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the beginning of the 16th Century, the north of Chile formed the southernmost part of the Inca empire (see: Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador).
		Chileâs economy, based on farm and mineral exports, was severely affected by the 1929-30 depression.
		Taxes were introduced on the sale of cigarettes and motor vehicles to fund a 10 per cent increase in the lowest pensions and a 5 per cent increase in the education budget.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=234 (3171 words)

	Chile.com.History of Chile
		When the Conqueror Pedro de Valdivia arrived to Chile in 1542 and founded Santiago, a city that is still maintained as the capital, there had already been organized people with a distinct life system that was accommodated according to the climate and the geography of their habitat.
		In the case of Chile, after Napoleon invaded Spain and the fall of King Fernando VII in 1810, the Creollos (Creoles) established a Governmental National Assembly in Santiago in order to administer the colony in the name of the Monarchy.
		During this period, Chile was able to considerably improve its economical situation due to the exploitation of important mines of Silver, Copper and Saltpeter in the north of the country.
	www.chile.com /tpl/articulo/detalle/ver.tpl?cod_articulo=1779 (2173 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
		Chile became a refuge for Jews in the early part of the 20th century.
		The Federacio Sionista de Chile, the central organization of Chilean Jewry was established at this meeting.
		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 (1798 words)

	Chile - History
		Chile's political climate has since remained stable, although there is still considerable tension between the military and the government concerning the human rights violations of the Pinochet era.
		Chile's population is composed predominantly of mestizos, who are descended from marriage between the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous people.
		Chile is also home to a number of significant immigrant groups, including minority populations from virtually every European country.
	www.geographia.com /chile/chilehistory.htm (708 words)

	World History Blog: History of Chile
		The political revolt brought little social change, however, and 19th century Chilean society preserved the essence of the stratified colonial social structure, which was greatly influenced by family politics and the Roman Catholic Church.
		As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia (1879-83), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.
		Chile established a parliamentary style democracy in the late 19th century, but degenerated into a system protecting the interests of the ruling oligarchy.
	world-history-blog.blogspot.com /2004/10/history-of-chile.html (528 words)

	History of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first Europeans to arrive in Chile were Diego de Almagro and his band of Spanish conquistadors in 1541, who came from Peru in 1535 seeking gold.
		The conquest of Chile was carried out in 1550 by Pedro de Valdivia, one of Francisco Pizarro's lieutenants.
		In 1970, Senator Salvador Allende, a Marxist and member of Chile's Socialist Party, who headed the "Popular Unity" (UP) coalition of socialists, communists, radicals, and dissident Christian Democrats, won a plurality of votes in a three-way contest and was named President by the Chilean Congress.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/chile.html (1056 words)

	Chile: History
		Although Chile was unattractive to the Spanish because of its isolation from Peru to the north and its lack of precious metals (copper was discovered much later), the Spanish developed a pastoral society there based on large ranches and haciendas worked by indigenous people; the yields were shipped to Peru.
		During most of the colonial period Chile was a captaincy general dependent upon the viceroyalty of Peru, but in 1778 it became a separate division virtually independent of Peru.
		Chile also became involved in serious border troubles with Argentina; it was as a sign and symbol of the end of this trouble that the
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0857290.html (1846 words)

	Economic History of Chile
		Chile had a strong history of democracy before Salvador Allende.
		Chatwin in his travels came to a dairy farm in the mountains of Chile that had been established and operated by a British man. The Allende government encouraged workers to take control of the companies in which they worked.
		Generally Chile has been one of the healthiest economies in Latin America, or the world for that matter.
	www.applet-magic.com /chile.htm (913 words)

	History of CHILE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With the wealth deriving from the international demand for Chile's nitrates and copper (much increased with the annexation of new territory in 1883-4), the nation is both calm and prosperous.
		Salvador Allende, a pivotal figure in Chilean history of the late 20th century, is a founder member of Chile's Socialist party in 1933 and is in the chamber of deputies from 1937.
		Pinochet's rule is the longest period of unelected dictatorship in the entire history of Chile, which has made more consistent use of the ballot box (albeit at first with a very limited suffrage) than any other Latin American republic.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2343&HistoryID=ac10 (1060 words)

	Chile: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Spanish settlers, mainly from Andalucia, were attracted to central Chile because of the pleasant climate and fertile soil.
		Those with European blood were concentrated in central Chile, between Santiago and Concepcion; few settled in the northern and southern regions.
		Chile defeated Bolivia and Peru in a war (1879-1883) for the control of the Atacama Desert and its rich mineral deposits.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/chihis.htm (512 words)

	Chile - CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For most of its history, Chile was governed by two charters--the constitution of 1833 and the constitution of 1925, which drew heavily on its nineteenth-century predecessor.
		From 1924 to 1931, Chile was buffeted by political instability as several presidents resigned from office and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1927-31, 1952- 58), a military officer, rose to power on an antipolitics platform.
		In a reflection of Chile's increased ideological polarization, Allende was elected president with 36.2 percent of the vote in 1970.
	countrystudies.us /chile/85.htm (1006 words)

	Chile
		At the southern tip of Chile's mainland is Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in the world, and beyond that lies the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego, an island divided between Chile and Argentina.
		Chile was originally under the control of the Incas in the north and the nomadic Araucanos in the south.
		Chile is often heralded as the global South's best case for free-trade economic policies, but the facts tell a different story.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107407.html (1152 words)

	Chile History & Chile Culture \| iExplore.com
		Chile has a large surplus of fruit and vegetables available for export to North America and Europe but is not entirely self-sufficient in agricultural produce.
		The mainstay of the export economy for the time being is metals and ores: Chile is the world’s leading exporter of copper and also produces zinc, iron ore, molybdenum, manganese, iodine and lithium.
		Chile is a member of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), the southern free trade zone (Mercosur), and the Rio Group.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Chile/History (882 words)

	Chile
		In 2004, however, Chile's Supreme Court stripped him of immunity, and he is expected to face trial for at least some of the abuses that occurred during his 17-year rule.
		Chile's economic growth slowed to 3% for 2001, partly the result of a drop in international copper prices and the economic turmoil in neighboring Argentina.
		Chile: People - People The majority of Chile's population is mestizo, a result of frequent intermarriage between...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107407.html (1073 words)

	Chile adventure travel and cruises.
		Despite its compact overall size, Chile ranges from a parched desert in the north to glaciers in the south.
		Chile’s width never exceeds one hundred miles, making it possible in central Chile to ski and surf in the same day.
		Catholicism is evident everywhere in Chile, from grand cathedrals in the cities to simple but ornate roadside shrines in the countryside.
	www.expeditiontrips.com /chile-travel.asp (1723 words)

	Economic History of Chile
		1910-1914: Chile operates as a parliamentary republic, protecting the interests of the ruling oligarchy.
		Chile severs ties with the Axis powers to cement relations with the U.S. Fellow Radical Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez replaces an ill Ríos as interim president.
		Chile enjoys an economic "miracle" in an atmosphere of political repression.
	www.udel.edu /leipzig/254/Chileanhist.htm (934 words)

	History of Chile under Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity
		As his iron-fisted rule from 1973 to 1990 was ending, General Pinochet designed for himself a position of legal immunity against criminal charges under Chilean law and had thus been serving in Chile's congress as an honored and non-elected "Senator for life" since 1998.
		But now, after his ill-fated trip to Great Britain, the wall of immunity that Pinochet had built around himself and his collaborators in the Chilean military appears to be collapsing.
		This massive compilation covers the period from September of 1970 to September 1973, including the actual news as it was reported by different newspapers in Chile on an almost daily basis.
	www.geocities.com /educhile_1970s (784 words)

	History (from Chile) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Chile continued to demonstrate its unique position in Latin America during 2005, achieving a high level of economic growth while strengthening its democratic institutions.
		Middle Chile is a transition zone between the desert north and the rainy south.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-129480 (985 words)

	Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chile is unique for its very long (2,650 miles) and comparatively narrow (maximum 250 miles) shape and for its great variety of natural features.
		It is bound on the north by Peru, on the northeast by Bolivia, on its long eastern border (3,200miles) by Argentina and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
		In its economy and public services, Chile is one of the most developed countries in the Andean region.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/chile.htm (161 words)

	A short history of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1818 Chile finally gains independence in 1818 as the State of Chile, renamed Republic of Chile in 1826.
		During most of the nineteenth century Chile is governed by an oligarchy of landowners.
		The political revolt brings little social change and 19th century Chilean society preserves the essence of the stratified colonial social structure, which is greatly influenced by family politics and the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.electionworld.org /history/chile.htm (563 words)

	Spanish Abroad - Brief history of Chile
		The first Spanish settlements were, Santiago in 1541 and Concepcion in 1550 mainly because of the pleasant climate and fertile soil.
		This pattern of dispersion began to change only in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the rapid growth of mining activities and the inmigration of non-Iberaian Europeans.
		At that time, central Chile was to a large extend controlled by a small, upper class of Creoles (locally born Europeans), most of them owned large estates.
	www.spanishabroad.com /prog_semester/valparaiso/chilicountryguide/c_history.htm (526 words)

	A History of Chile, 1808—2002 - Cambridge University Press
		A History of Chile chronicles the nation’s political, social, and economic evolution from its independence until the early years of the Lagos regime.
		Employing primary and secondary materials, it explores the growth of Chile’s agricultural economy, during which the large landed estates appeared; the nineteenth-century wheat and mining booms; the rise of the nitrate mines; their replacement by copper mining; and the diversification of the nation’s economic base.
		Additionally, the volume examines Chile’s social and intellectual history: the process of urbanization, the spread of education and public health, the diminution of poverty, the creation of a rich intellectual and literary tradition, the experiences of middle and lower classes and the development of Chile’s unique culture.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521827493 (258 words)

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