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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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Waterfalls, Lakes and Volcanoes
13 days ago: hkwoody published a blog
Waterfalls, Lakes and Volcanoes
November 1st 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
From Castro we took a bus directly to Peurto Varas, skipping Puerto Montt which is an unattractive place with little to see or do. Happily the weather was being kind to us again, when we arrived it w ... 7 photos [full story]

101 days ago: Malia and Squirrel published a blog
Rafting and waterfalls
August 15th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
We are in Pt. Varas, Chile right now. Just visited the most beautiful river-waterfalls I have ever seen. Saltos de Petrohue...jet boat was closed because it has been raining, A LOT, and the river wa ... [full story]

The South!!!
138 days ago: BowlingForRuss published a blog
The South!!!
July 9th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
OK this is little Germany with the beauty, the road, the moto, and the perros.. oh and the beautiful woman I left in Santiago to see all this.. but we are still talking! =) CHEEEECK IT OUTTTT!!!! ... 94 photos [full story]

Puerto Varas - Chilly! in Chile
May 15th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
Hi there, Well we arived in Puerto Varas on Wednesday morning after crossing over the scenic snowy Andes Mountains by bus. We left Bariloche at 8am, very very sadly, and crossed into Chile. The bu ... 8 photos [full story]

The lake district and more adventures
176 days ago: Randy SLC published a blog
The lake district and more adventures
May 30th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
How big is Chile? Before this trip I had an idea that it was skinny and long with no real sense of size other than it was not too big. In actuality it is huge! I ended my last post saying that there ... 11 photos [full story]

New country new experiences
181 days ago: Dylan22 published a blog
New country new experiences
May 28th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
I think a great way to sum up where we are is that I can not compare it to anything I have ever seen before. It's not really that different its just a conglomeration of other things, like what I would ... 8 photos [full story]

Cloudy, rainy and Chile
188 days ago: MikeBee published a blog
Cloudy, rainy and Chile
May 20th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
We left Argentina for Chile on a bus that crossed over the Andes in brilliant winter sunshine. As we got closer to the Chilean border grey clouds covered the sky and a light ran began to fall. T ... 3 photos [full story]

193 days ago: BlakeR published a blog
Southern Chile
May 15th 2009  South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas
From Bariloche, we crossed the Andes and the border into the final country of my trip, CHILE. The Andes are beautiful and snow capped and apparently Chile is the Volcano capital of the world. Volcan ... [full story]


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