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Chile

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Chile. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Chile's geography, history, economy, population, culture, religion and…

Chile

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Chile Chile chĭlˈē, Span. chēˈlā [key], officially Republic of Chile, republic (2020 est. pop.…

Tacna-Arica Controversy

(Encyclopedia) Tacna-Arica ControversyTacna-Arica Controversytäkˈnə-ərēˈkə [key], 1883–1929, dispute between Chile and Peru. It arose from provisions of the Treaty of Ancón (1883), which ended the…

Lawton Chiles 1998 Deaths

Lawton ChilesAge: 68 respected Democratic politician who was serving his second term as governor of Florida and who had previously been elected to three terms in the U.S. Senate. Died: Dec.…

Chile Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Chile Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Chilean Relations GEOGRAPHY…

Pacific, War of the

(Encyclopedia) Pacific, War of the, 1879–84, war between Chile and the allied nations, Peru and Bolivia; also called the Chile–Peruvian War. The trouble began when President Hilarión Daza of Bolivia…

Talca

(Encyclopedia) TalcaTalcatälˈkä [key], city (1990 est. pop. 164,500), capital of Maule region, S central Chile, in the central valley of Chile between Santiago and Concepción. Chile's greatest wine-…

Arica

(Encyclopedia) Arica Arica ärēˈkä [key], city, N Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, just south of the Peruvian border and at the northern limit of the Atacama Desert. Peru ceded…

Piñera, Sebastián

(Encyclopedia) Piñera, Sebastián (Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique)Piñera, Sebastiánmēgĕlˈ hwän sābästyänˈ pēnyāˈrä āchāˈnēkā [key], 1949–, Chilean business executive and politician, president…