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Coquimbo Region

Background: Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-84), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern lands. A three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, have contributed to steady growth and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation.



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Areas in Coquimbo Region: Coquimbo | La Serena | Los Vilos | Pisco Elqui | Vicuna

6 days ago: Elizabeth and Kathleen published a blog
Chilean Autobahn...
October 9th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
Hey everybody...So after 21 hours of travel time and going through 4 countries we made it to Santiago, Chile...Our travel agent neglected to mention that we were flying from LAX to Costa Rica to Peru ... [full story]

Some La Serena Pics For Laura
20 days ago: TamiC published a blog
Some La Serena Pics For Laura
September 18th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
I spent the first few days of the vacation in La Serena visiting with Laura´s host family, which was a lot of fun! ... 27 photos [full story]

Straight as far as the eye can see
August 8th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
Watched a little of the opening of the Olympics then had to take off…drove through Vina del Mar then Con Con. Interesting drive along the coast, saw the seals sunning themselves on the rocks, t ... 8 photos [full story]

HOLA, Bueanos Dias!
July 25th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
Me hablo Español, pero solo un poco Español. Cuanto Cuesta una habataccion por favour. Puedo tener la cuenta, gracias. Frightening, truely frightening. Almost as frightening as trying to pronounce ... 3 photos [full story]

At Sea Level - finally!
115 days ago: georgielenf published a blog
At Sea Level - finally!
June 14th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
We arrived in La Serena at about 7am after a horrendously long 18 hour bus journey from San Pedro. The bus was okay apart from the fact that Luna and I were sitting very close to the loo which smelt ... 4 photos [full story]

Cool to see the Moon
117 days ago: trevskii published a blog
Cool to see the Moon
June 16th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
I´ve now arrived in La Serena, after a 7 hr bus journey , along what can only be described as a never changing lanscape, of mountains and cactuses on one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other. I ... 2 photos [full story]

136 days ago: Lump published a blog
booze, observatories & the age of aquarius
June 1st 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena
La Serena Midway through the rain, we decided to flee to the desert to the north. Six hours up the Pan-American Highway is the coastal town of La Serena. La Serena has the distinction of being one ... [full story]

En route vers le nord - Going North: Coquimbo & La Serena
May 18th 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » Coquimbo
Samedi, on est partis de Santiago pour aller vers le nord et le desert dÁtacama. Le plan est de prendre un bus pour Antofagasta et un autre pour San Pedro de Atacama. Seulement entre Santiago et Anto, ... 28 photos [full story]

21 de Mayo
147 days ago: ianshay published a blog
21 de Mayo
May 21st 2008  South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » Vallenar
Hey there, y'all It's been way too long since I've written one of these. I'm just realizing lately that I'm down to six weeks. Seems like a lot, right? Well, that means six 5-day school weeks to ... 8 photos [full story]


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Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
Valle del Elquí
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Flock of moosen
The city of Coquimbo through the fog
Views from Coach - Andes, Cacti & Desert
More Humboldt Penguins
Mamalluca Observatory high

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