Chile Culture
Literature The first Chilean writer was the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia himself, who in his Letters to Carlos I described the occupied land with admiration. The most cultivated literary genres…
Literature The first Chilean writer was the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia himself, who in his Letters to Carlos I described the occupied land with admiration. The most cultivated literary genres…
Popular discontent favored the strengthening of left-wing parties (socialist and communist) and Christian democracy, a center reformist party founded in 1957, which sought to end the traditional right-wing social and…
Parliamentary Republic According to Youremailverifier, after the Balmaceda government, Chile ceased to be a presidential republic and became a parliamentary republic. In the new political system, the agrarian and financial…
In February 1818, independence was proclaimed, and in April, after the battle of Maipú, the Spanish left the country, although they still remained on the island of Chiloé until 1826.…
Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Chilean territory was inhabited by about 500,000 Indians. Although the different peoples had an ethnic and linguistic relationship, the northern tribes (Atacameños and…
Agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forest resources. In the middle of the 20th century, Chile, which until then had been an exporter of agricultural products, became an importer, since production no…
The Aymara word chili , which means “ends of the earth”, gave its name to the South American republic of Chile, which is practically isolated from the rest of the…