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Great Chilean Earthquake
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Revolution in Liberty
Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Montalva becomes president, -
Salvador Allende elected president
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Military Coup
The Armed Forces, carabineros, and others stage a coup, overthrowing Allende, who dies in the course of the coup. Augusto Pinochet establishes himself as the head of a military junta. The subsequent repression of leftists and other opponents of the military regime results in approximately 130,000 arrests and at least 2,000 dead or "disappeared" over the next 17 years. -
Operation Soberania
Argentine refuses to abide by the binding international award and started the Operation Soberania to invade Chile. -
Chilean Constitution of 1980
ConstitutionThe military government promulgates the Chilean Constitution of 1980, which is adopted by plebiscite. Economic policy begins to be significantly influenced by the ideas of the Chicago School and of Neoliberalism. The United States oblige President Ferdinand Marcos, to cancel a scheduled visit by President Pinochet to the Philippines. -
Support for British Forces in the Falkland War
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas or Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also known as the Falklands/Malvinas War,[5] the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina. -
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984
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Pinochet loses the plebiscite foreseen by the constitution, which brings about, by agreement of all, elections the following year.
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Democracy Begins
Patricio Aylwin takes office as President. Transition to democracy begins. -
Mount Hudson erupts
The eruption in August to October 1991 was a large plinian eruption with a VEI of 5, that ejected 4.3 km3 bulk volume (2.7 cubic km of dense rock equivalent material).[2] Parts of the glacier melted and ran down the mountain as mud flows (see glacier run). Due to the remoteness of the area, no humans were killed but hundreds of people were evacuated from the vicinity. Ash fell on Chile and Argentina as well as in the South Atlantic Ocean and on the Falkland Islands.[3] -
1994
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is elected President. -
Pinochet arrested in London
During a visit to London for medical reasons, Augusto Pinochet is arrested in accord with the orders of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, beginning an international struggle between his supporters and detractors. He returns to Chile the following year, and the charges against him are later thrown out on the basis of his ostensibly deteriorated mental state. Chile suffers greatly from the world economic crisis, resulting in years of inflation and unemployment. -
Ricardo Lagos Escobar becomes president
In the second round of voting, in a tight contest with right wing candidate Joaquín Lavín, Ricardo Lagos Escobar is elected President. -
Pinochet stands trial
Pinochet The Chilean Supreme Court declares that Pinochet is mentally competent to stand trial. -
Michelle Bachelet becomes 1st female president
In the runoff election on January 15, 2006, Bachelet faced Piñera, and won the presidency with 53.5% of the vote, thus becoming her country's first female elected president and the first woman who was not the wife of a previous head of state or political leader to reach the presidency of a Latin American nation in a direct election. -
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Sebastián Piñera assumed office as President of Chile.
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33 Chilean Miners trapped in a cave in
