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17 matches to Chile
ABC Powers. 1905. Argentina, Brazil, Chile.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Araucanian Wars. 1530-1870. Chile, Argentina. Natives forced onto reservations.
Baltimore Incident. 1891. Chileans attack US seamen; pay reparations to avert war.
Blest Gana. 1830-1920. Chilean novelist. Arithmetic of Love 1862.
Carrera, José. 1785-1821. Chilean rebel leader, First President 1811-14.
Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.
CIA. Central Intelligence Agency. 1947-. US information gathering agency. Replaced OSS. National Security Act. Activities: 1953 Iran. 1954 Guatemala. 1967 Guevara. 1973 Chile. 1976 Nigeria.
Concentration Camps. 1862-65 USA. 1899-1902. British internment of Boers in South Africa. 1922-91. USSR. 1933-45 Nazi prisons for extermination and slave labour. Buchenwald. Auschwitz. Dachau. 1942-6 US Relocation Centers. 1942-46 Canada. 1950’s Kenya. 1973 Chile.
Maipú, Battle. 1818. Spanish loss. Chile Independent.
Neruda, Pablo. 1904-73. Chilean surrealist poet. A New Decade
O’Higgins, Bernardo. 1778-1842. Chilean revolutionary, First president. 1818-23. Deposed.
Pacific, War of. 1879-84. Chile wins land from Peru, Bolivia’s coastline.
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. 1915-. Chilean President 1973-90. Coup vs Allende. Brutal dictatorship, torture and disappearances. Charged 1998.
San Martin, José de. 1778-1850. South American independence leader with Bolivar vs Spain in Argentina, Chile, Peru.
Tacna-Arica Controversy. 1883-1929. Chile, Peru argue over provinces after War of Pacific.
Valdivia, Pedro de. 1498-1554. Spanish conqueror of Chile, 1450. Founded Santiago.