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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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Valpo
12 hours ago: hkwoody published a blog
Valpo
November 15th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
This is a cool town, very arty and bohemian. In the early 90s the city commissioned some artists to paint murals to create an outdoor museum. Time hasn't been very kind to them, they're not in very go ... 7 photos [full story]

Chilly in Chile - Valpo
2 days ago: ASH Travel published a blog
Chilly in Chile - Valpo
November 14th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
We boarded a bus in Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile early in the morning on Sunday. We took the higher end Cato bus, but I did not feel like it was high end. We were in the kids’ se ... 17 photos [full story]

18 days ago: Pancake Panqueque published a blog
Valparaíso + Viña del Mar
November 4th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
So, Its been 3 weeks, or so since I was in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, but I finally have time to write about it. Viña is nice and modern, with big buildings right on the coast. I only ate lunch on ... [full story]

31 days ago: luzia published a blog
Chile
October 21st 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
So schnell vergeht die Zeit. Und schon sind wir in Chile...ok, wir sind auch sehr schnell gereist...aber es gibt noch so viel,was von uns gesehen werden will. In Mendoza haben wir eine super Zeit verb ... [full story]

It’s A Little Chilly in Chile!
October 1st 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
Sept 24, 2009 We made a phone call to LAN airlines and got the good news that Justin’s luggage finally arrived! Yay! That meant that we would have deodorant and Justin can finally change out of ... 29 photos [full story]

Valparaiso - a truly bohemian experience!
September 13th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
Valparaiso and Vina del Mar are supposedly the places where the Chileans go when they need to get out of the city. We decided to visit Valparaiso, or "Valpo", as apparently most people go to Vina del ... 11 photos [full story]

76 days ago: Andrex published a blog
Nice Queque y 10 day Lauren
August 26th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
NOTE LOCATION. CHILE HAS BEEN EXITED. 4 AND A HALF MONTHS. done. were i draw some sort of flashy excel chart then it woudl show a quirky purple line´s gradient gradually steapening as chilean life ... [full story]

Colourful Culture in the Shadow of the Andes
July 6th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
We left Auckland shortly after 6pm on Saturday June 27th and after 11.5 hours on the plane, we touched down in Santiago just after 1pm on Saturday June 27th. Magic! Crossing the international date lin ... 40 photos [full story]

115 days ago: Andrex published a blog
Party on a Prayer (Week4) appologies Betts
July 29th 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
Party on a Prayer My epileptic horse dance moves aren’t really impressing here (not sure they really did in England - but then everyone was so smashed, gazeaboed, mullered, bogrolled - you kn ... [full story]

Street art or graffiti??! Valparaiso and the way north
July 21st 2009  South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso
Facebook, sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it, especially when I'm sat in a hostel with free Internet and the person using it decides to spend 5 years uploading photos or, more annoyingly, flicki ... 15 photos [full story]


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