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Chiloé Island

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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Chiloe no vengo
15 days ago: viajerosinrumbo published a blog
Chiloe no vengo
November 2nd 2008  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island
Fotonovela chilota de los viajeros ... 16 photos [full story]

23 days ago: unfeesible travels published a blog
Chile
October 25th 2008  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island
We are currently in Chile, and haven´t had much access to internet of late. Hence the seven days silence. We travelled by bus from Bariloche to Ancud on the island of Chiloe. We stayed in a very posh ... [full story]

Isla Chiloe
91 days ago: Indiana Jones 5 published a blog
Isla Chiloe
August 19th 2008  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island
Nach den wunderschoenen Tagen in Chiles Hauptstadt verlassen wir am Samstagabend Santiago mit dem Nachtbus und fahren immer weiter nach Sueden. Durch die wunderschoenen gruenen Huegel und Seen (wir fu ... 21 photos [full story]

The beard of the watery autumn grows long
155 days ago: Jabe published a blog
The beard of the watery autumn grows long
June 11th 2008  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island
The Chiloe archipelago is the northernmost part of the frayed edge of Chile, the tattered jumble of islands and fjords that starts south of Puerto Montt and continues for nearly 3,000km down to Cape H ... 42 photos [full story]


Chiloé Island Blog Entries

The Chonchi cemetery
Boat and palifitos, Castro
The Princess of Patagonia
wet and mysterious
Achao market
Layers
Puttputt waterfalls
Entering Castro
More pallistos
Famous houses in Castro
Dense forrest
Another lake
Apóstol Santiago church, Castro
The Dalcahue church
Smoking is bad for your health...
Castro

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