Many of Chile's distinctive animal species have been decimated as they have been pushed farther and farther into the remaining wilderness areas by human occupation of the land.

Chile's territorial shape is among the world's most unusual.

His observations on the circumstances of poverty-stricken miners and of their wealthy exploiters had a profound influence on those who would go on to shape Chile's labor movement.

Australian broadcast stations officially have — but do not use — the VL prefix, and Canada uses Chile's CB for its own Canadian Broadcasting Corporation stations.

A White House press release in November 2000 acknowledged that " actions approved by the U. S. government during this period aggravated political polarization and affected Chile's long tradition of democratic elections ..."

In the same year, Telmex bought from MCI Brazil's largest and most important long distance operator, Embratel, acquired Chile's Chilesat, took control of Argentina's Techtel ( operating in Argentina and Uruguay ), of which it already owned 60 %, by purchasing the remaining 40 % from the Techint group, and purchased Argentina's Metrored.

SERPAJ participated in the nonviolent resistance to Chile's 16-year long military dictatorship, which culminates in free elections that restored democracy.

For the next forty years, Chile's armed forces would be distracted from meddling in politics by skirmishes and defensive operations on the southern frontier, although some units got embroiled in domestic conflicts in 1851 and 1859.

From 1984 to 1990, Chile's gross domestic product grew by an annual average of 5. 9 %, the fastest on the continent.

These successes allowed the government to concentrate in 1996 and 1997 on major structural reforms such as the implementation of a fully funded pension system ( partly modelled after Chile's pension system with major modifications ), reform of higher education, and the creation of a national treasury.

During the 2000 PBS documentary The Commanding Heights ( based on the book ), Friedman continued to argue that criticism over his role in Chile missed his main contention that freer markets resulted in freer people, and that Chile's unfree economy had caused the military government.

* May 22 – The Great Chilean Earthquake: Chile's subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Taitao Peninsula, causing the most powerful earthquake on record ( with a magnitude of 9. 5 ) and a tsunami.

Allende also intended to improve the socio-economic welfare of Chile's poorest citizens ; a key element was to provide employment, either in the new nationalised enterprises or on public work projects.

Allende raised wages on a number of occasions throughout 1970 and 1971, but these wage hikes were negated by the in-tandem inflation of Chile's fiat currency.

Material based on reports from the Mitrokhin Archive, the KGB said of Allende that " he was made to understand the necessity of reorganising Chile's army and intelligence services, and of setting up a relationship between Chile's and the USSR's intelligence services ".

* Audio clip-' Chicago Boys ' Leave Lasting Legacy on Chile's Economy, National Public Radio

There are also several clinics like Universidad de Chile's Clinica Barón, Hospital Aleman ( due to close ), and the former Naval Hospital on Playa Ancha Hill.

Chile's largest oil refinery is located in Concón ( on the mouth of the Aconcagua River and about 20 km north of Valparaíso ) and there are two important copper ore refineries: the state owned Ventanas ( on the coast and north of Concón ) and the private works in Chagres, about 55 miles ( 90 km ) inland.

At the onset of the Chilean War of Independence, the First Government Junta was proclaimed on 18 September 1810, marking Chile's first step toward independence.

The flag of Texas was designed and adopted on 25 January 1839 ; whereas Chile's flag was adopted 28 years earlier on 18 October 1817.

Chilean cuisine, rests on the variety of products due to Chile's geographical condition and seaborne nature.

Earth, Wind & Fire performed on the opening night of one of the largest musical events in Latin America, Chile's Viña del Mar Festival.

Afterwards, Chile's land campaign bested the badly equipped Bolivian and Peruvian armies, leading to Bolivia's complete defeat and withdrawal in the Battle of Tacna on May 26, 1880, and the defeat of the Peruvian army after the Battle of Arica on June 7.

Bolivia called on Peru to activate the alliance treaty, arguing that Chile's invasion constituted a casus foederis.

On March 24, Peru responded to Chile and Bolivia by proposing that the Peruvian Congress debate both Chile's neutrality proposal and the Bolivian request for military action under the alliance on April 24.

After signing the peace treaty on October 20, 1883 with Iglesias ' government, Lizardo Montero tried to resist in Arequipa with a force of 4, 000 men, but when Chile's 3, 000 fighters arrived, the troops in Arequipa revolted and allowed the Chileans to occupy the city.

On September 2005, Chile's Supreme Court would accept the lifting of Pinochet's immunity on this case.

However, some rivers do manage to reach the Pacific, including the Loa River, whose U-shaped course across the desert makes it Chile's longest river.

Nowadays, the city of Chillán is connected to Chile's capital Santiago by both a modern highway and a rebuilt railway system that makes the trip in less than five hours.

Chile's northern neighbors are Peru and Bolivia, and its border with Argentina to the east, at, is the world's third longest.

Having heard of the numerous extra-judicial killings of many fellow artists by Chile's army, they took up residence in Italy, resulting in " the longest tour in history " for Inti-Illimani as they lived in de facto exile.

The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city.

The river is Chile's second-longest river ( the longest being Loa River ) and Biobío basin is Chile's third largest watershed, after Loa and Baker basins.

Juan Gabriel Valdés, Chile's foreign minister in the 1990s, described the Chile Project as " a striking example of an organized transfer of ideology from the United States to a country within its direct sphere of influence ... the education of these Chileans derived from a specific project designed in the 1950s to influence the development of Chilean economic thinking.

" The next day, Dittborn presented four arguments that supported Chile's candidacy: Chile's continued participations at FIFA-organized conferences and tournaments, sports climate, tolerance of race and creed and political and institutional stability of the country.

Swimming at Chile's popular beaches in the central part of the country, where the water gets no warmer than in the summer, requires more than a bit of fortitude.

In 1810, Vicuña participated in Chile's war for independence and organized the first firearms production in the country.

The threat from the MIR was underlined by the discovery at the end of May of a guerrilla training camp in the southern province of Valdivia. Beginning in March 1968, a series of MIR bomb attacks took place in various parts of the country that targeted among others, the U. S. consulate, the Chilean-American Institute in Rancagua, the main office of the Christian Democratic Party, the office of Chile's largest-selling El Mercurio newspaper and the residence of senator Francisco Bulnes of the National Party.

After Augusto Pinochet left Chile's Presidency, a plan was put on the run by the new government to make new airport terminals and freeways across the country, so that Chile's smaller cities could have better connections with Santiago.

He attempted to obtain Chile's first boxing world title four times.

Having retired, Vargas ' legend continued to grow among Chileans, many of whom spoke of the many times Vargas seemed to be close to become Chile's first world boxing champion.

Chile's natural boundaries ( Pacific Ocean, Andes Mountain, Atacama Desert to the north and Antarctica to the south ) has left it relatively isolated from other parts of the world and has served to be beneficial in keeping the phylloxera louse at bay.

Marshal Santa Cruz and the Confederation had been diplomatically recognized by the principal world powers with interests in the region ( Great Britain, France and the United States ), while Chile's allies, Argentina and Ecuador, had decided to remain neutral in the conflict.

Patricia Demick ( born January 26, 1972 in Viña del Mar, Chile ) is a female boxer who made history by becoming Chile's first world boxing champion ever, including male boxing.

It was written at a conflictive time in Chile's history ( events leading into the election of Salvador Allende as President ) and it was a sentimental time in world popular culture ( events such as rock concerts and drug use ).