Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
History of Chile
1535 - Indigenous Araucanian people successfully resist first Spanish invasion of Chile.
1541 - Pedro de Valdivia begins Spanish conquest and founds Santiago.
1553 - Araucanians capture and kill Valdivia.
1810 - Junta in Santiago proclaims autonomy for Chile following the overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon.
1814 - Spain regains control of Chile.
1817 - Spanish defeated by Army of the Andes led by Jose de San Martin and Bernardo O'Higgins at the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu.
1818 - Chile becomes independent with O'Higgins as supreme leader.
1823-30 - O'Higgins forced to resign; civil war between liberal federalists and conservative centralists ends with conservative victory.
1851-61 - President Manuel Montt liberalises constitution and reduces privileges of landowners and church.
1879-84 - Chile increases its territory by one third after it defeats Peru and Bolivia in War of the Pacific.
late 19th century - Pacification of Araucanians paves way for European immigration; large-scale mining of nitrate and copper begins.
1891 - Civil war over constitutional dispute between president and congress ends in congressional victory, with president reduced to figurehead.
1925 - New constitution increases presidential powers and separates church and state.
1927 - General Carlos Ibanez del Campo seizes power and establishes dictatorship.
1938-46 - Communists, Socialists and Radicals form Popular Front coalition and introduce economic policies based on US New Deal.
1948-58 - Communist Party banned.
1952 - Gen Carlos Ibanez elected president with promise to strengthen law and order.
1964 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Christian Democrat, elected president and introduces cautious social reforms, but fails to curb inflation.
Pinochet dictatorship
1970 - Salvador Allende becomes world's first democratically elected Marxist president and embarks on an extensive programme of nationalisation and radical social reform.
1973 - Gen Augusto Pinochet ousts Allende in CIA-sponsored coup and proceeds to establish a brutal dictatorship.
1988 - Gen Pinochet loses a referendum on whether he should remain in power.
1989-90 - Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin wins presidential election; Gen Pinochet steps down in 1990 as head of state but remains commander-in-chief of the army.
1994-95 - Eduardo Frei succeeds Aylwin as president and begins to reduce the military's influence in government.
Pinochet's aftermath
1998 - Gen Pinochet retires from the army and is made senator for life but is arrested in the UK at the request of Spain on murder charges.
2000 March - British Home Secretary Jack Straw decides that Gen Pinochet is not fit to be extradited. Gen Pinochet returns to Chile.
Socialist Ricardo Lagos is elected president.
2000 onwards - Chilean courts strip Gen Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution several times, but attempts to make him stand trial for alleged human rights offences fail, with judges usually citing concerns over the general's health.
2002 July - Gen Pinochet resigns from his post as a lifelong senator.
2004 May - President Lagos signs a law giving Chileans the right to divorce, despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.
2005 May - 45 young soldiers perish in a blizzard, prompting calls for an end to compulsory military service.
2005 July - Senate approves changes to the Pinochet-era constitution, including one which restores the president's right to dismiss military commanders.
2005 December - Presidential elections. Socialist Michelle Bachelet gains the most votes but fails to win more than 50% support, forcing a second-round vote against conservative billionaire and former senator Sebastian Pinera.
2006 January - Michelle Bachelet wins the second round of presidential elections to become Chile's first woman president and the fourth consecutive head of state from the centre-left Concertacion coalition. She takes office in March.
2006 August - Chile and China sign a free-trade deal, Beijing's first in South America.
2006 December - Pinochet dies.
2007 January - President Bachelet signs a decree allowing the morning-after contraceptive pill to be given to girls as young as 14 without their parents' consent.
2007 March - Ongoing protests in the capital Santiago over chaos following the introduction of a new transport system.
"Timeline: Chile." BBC News. 14 May 2007. 14 May 2007.
1541 - Pedro de Valdivia begins Spanish conquest and founds Santiago.
1553 - Araucanians capture and kill Valdivia.
1810 - Junta in Santiago proclaims autonomy for Chile following the overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon.
1814 - Spain regains control of Chile.
1817 - Spanish defeated by Army of the Andes led by Jose de San Martin and Bernardo O'Higgins at the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu.
1818 - Chile becomes independent with O'Higgins as supreme leader.
1823-30 - O'Higgins forced to resign; civil war between liberal federalists and conservative centralists ends with conservative victory.
1851-61 - President Manuel Montt liberalises constitution and reduces privileges of landowners and church.
1879-84 - Chile increases its territory by one third after it defeats Peru and Bolivia in War of the Pacific.
late 19th century - Pacification of Araucanians paves way for European immigration; large-scale mining of nitrate and copper begins.
1891 - Civil war over constitutional dispute between president and congress ends in congressional victory, with president reduced to figurehead.
1925 - New constitution increases presidential powers and separates church and state.
1927 - General Carlos Ibanez del Campo seizes power and establishes dictatorship.
1938-46 - Communists, Socialists and Radicals form Popular Front coalition and introduce economic policies based on US New Deal.
1948-58 - Communist Party banned.
1952 - Gen Carlos Ibanez elected president with promise to strengthen law and order.
1964 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Christian Democrat, elected president and introduces cautious social reforms, but fails to curb inflation.
Pinochet dictatorship
1970 - Salvador Allende becomes world's first democratically elected Marxist president and embarks on an extensive programme of nationalisation and radical social reform.
1973 - Gen Augusto Pinochet ousts Allende in CIA-sponsored coup and proceeds to establish a brutal dictatorship.
1988 - Gen Pinochet loses a referendum on whether he should remain in power.
1989-90 - Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin wins presidential election; Gen Pinochet steps down in 1990 as head of state but remains commander-in-chief of the army.
1994-95 - Eduardo Frei succeeds Aylwin as president and begins to reduce the military's influence in government.
Pinochet's aftermath
1998 - Gen Pinochet retires from the army and is made senator for life but is arrested in the UK at the request of Spain on murder charges.
2000 March - British Home Secretary Jack Straw decides that Gen Pinochet is not fit to be extradited. Gen Pinochet returns to Chile.
Socialist Ricardo Lagos is elected president.
2000 onwards - Chilean courts strip Gen Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution several times, but attempts to make him stand trial for alleged human rights offences fail, with judges usually citing concerns over the general's health.
2002 July - Gen Pinochet resigns from his post as a lifelong senator.
2004 May - President Lagos signs a law giving Chileans the right to divorce, despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.
2005 May - 45 young soldiers perish in a blizzard, prompting calls for an end to compulsory military service.
2005 July - Senate approves changes to the Pinochet-era constitution, including one which restores the president's right to dismiss military commanders.
2005 December - Presidential elections. Socialist Michelle Bachelet gains the most votes but fails to win more than 50% support, forcing a second-round vote against conservative billionaire and former senator Sebastian Pinera.
2006 January - Michelle Bachelet wins the second round of presidential elections to become Chile's first woman president and the fourth consecutive head of state from the centre-left Concertacion coalition. She takes office in March.
2006 August - Chile and China sign a free-trade deal, Beijing's first in South America.
2006 December - Pinochet dies.
2007 January - President Bachelet signs a decree allowing the morning-after contraceptive pill to be given to girls as young as 14 without their parents' consent.
2007 March - Ongoing protests in the capital Santiago over chaos following the introduction of a new transport system.
"Timeline: Chile." BBC News. 14 May 2007. 14 May 2007
Characteristics of the State & Government
The county of Chile is a Representative democracy and its government system is an essential part of the presidential republic. It is organized as a Unitary Country(Government. of or pertaining to a system of government in which the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of each state in a body of states are vested in a central authority) and its regions are administratively decentralized. 
Michelle Bachelet is the current president in office. Bachelet is 54 years old and is the first female president of Chile(the second woman elected to lead a South American nation). Bachelet was also named 17th most powerful woman according to "Forbes."
There are many institutions in Chile such as Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Universidad de Atacama, Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Universidad de La Frontera, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Talca, Universidad de Tarapacá
Universidad del Bío-Bío
Michelle Bachelet is the current president in office. Bachelet is 54 years old and is the first female president of Chile(the second woman elected to lead a South American nation). Bachelet was also named 17th most powerful woman according to "Forbes."
There are many institutions in Chile such as Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Universidad de Atacama, Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Universidad de La Frontera, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Talca, Universidad de Tarapacá
Universidad del Bío-Bío
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Demography of Chile
Chile is a Homogeneous(means being the same throughout) Country that is of European and Mestizo origin. Chile's main language is Spanish and there main religion is Roman Catholic. 85% of Chile's population lives in urban areas and and 40% of the 85% lives in Greater Santiago area.
Chile's birth rate is 15.23 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) Chile's death rate is 5.81 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
"Demographics of Chile." Wikipedia. 01 May 2007. 09 May 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
The Demographic Location of Chile
Chile is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coast line in between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific makes up the country's entire western border, with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.
"Chile." Wikipedia. 03 May 2007 .
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