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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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Getting a little Chile (and a little Argentina)
November 3rd 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Since Peru, we have spent the last week riding down through Chile and Argentina, traversing the Atacama Desert, and crossing the Andes a couple of times in the process. In all we have been moving for ... 8 photos [full story]

Peruse a little Chile and Argentina..
3 days ago: RandK published a blog
Peruse a little Chile and Argentina..
November 4th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
From Puno we set off across the altiplano again towards Chivay. This is the highest day so far at 4885m and the highest paved road in Peru. It also has some of the best and worst roads we have seen. ... 12 photos [full story]

Santiago
6 days ago: DeanAndDiana published a blog
Santiago
October 17th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Nach einer aufregenden Fahrt ueber Nacht in einem wirklich unbequemen Bus, auf zwei Sitzen direkt neben der Toilette (und wirklich alle Chilenen haben eine sehr schwache Blase!!!!) sind wir in Santiag ... 11 photos [full story]

A3 Tour lähestyy loppuaan
9 days ago: Ikiliikkujat published a blog
A3 Tour lähestyy loppuaan
October 30th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Niinhän siinä käy, että kaikki hauska loppuu aikanaan, niin myös meidän Etelä-Amerikan tourneemme. Viimeisiä hetkiä tässä vietetään ja onkin aika myös lopetella tämän blogin kirjoittelua. Olemm ... 51 photos [full story]

Random Good Stuff
13 days ago: Wac published a blog
Random Good Stuff
October 25th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Hey guys! I´ve been spending more time in Santiago lately and figured I would post some pictures of random stuff that I´ve been doing around here. I´ve been getting cultured, and yes, I feel very worl ... 20 photos [full story]

Hola - Santiago
23 days ago: Regan and Caz published a blog
Hola - Santiago
October 3rd 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Santiago Arrived safe and sound on the Wednesday 31st Sept. Really cool with the snow-capped Andes towering over the town. The town itself is pretty dirty and very smoggy but the hostel we are st ... 12 photos [full story]

26 days ago: Carina and Maxi published a blog
Chile
October 13th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Hier ein paar Eindruecke der letzten Tage aus Santiago ... Aber glaubts net, dass wir immer so fleissig unser Blog updaten werden, das kommt ganz auf Zeit, Kosten und Lust an :) Santiago an sich is ... [full story]

A quick flit around Santiago and then it
September 23rd 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Having recharged our batteries in Bahia Inglesa we set about discovering Santiago de Chile in 48 hours. We took our last overnight bus for at least a month. We could only buy seats, so fittingly eno ... 10 photos [full story]

Posting for pictures
41 days ago: Justin and Kyle published a blog
Posting for pictures
September 27th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
The camera is full, so we figured it was time to get some up here so we can add more! We are Santiago for probably one more night and then going to head to a smaller town about 10 hour bus ride sou ... 41 photos [full story]

Mercado Central, Santiago
41 days ago: golfkat published a blog
Mercado Central, Santiago
September 27th 2009  South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
Just about every decent sized city in Central and South America has a Mercado Central. It might be called different names, some might be pretty shabby, and some might even be worse. But one common t ... 2 photos [full story]


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