Before the 16th Century when the spaniards arrived to Chile the northen side of Chile was ruled by the Incas and the central and southern part by indigenous people Mapuche. Chile declared their independence in 1810 but it was not until 1818 when they took control and not the spaniards. Chile had warrs with Peru and Bolivia in order to get what it is known the norther part of Chile now. In 1973 the president Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military coup Augusto Pinochet. In was not only until the 1990's that Pinochet left the residency but during the 80's Chile had a steady growth and reduction of poverty. In 1993 Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was elected president and sentenced pinochet to seven years in jail and secret police six years. In 2005 Michelle Bachelet became the first president to be female in Chile. her father was one of the men that Pinochet killed when he was a dictator. In 2010 Sebastian Pinera became president of Chile.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/HISTOR~5.htm
http://www.biography.com/articles/Michelle-Bachelet-37782
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