The Popular Unity platform included the nationalization of U. S. interests in Chile's major copper mines, the advancement of workers ' rights, deepening of the Chilean land reform, reorganization of the national economy into socialized, mixed, and private sectors, a foreign policy of " international solidarity " and national independence and a new institutional order ( the " people's state " or " poder popular "), including the institution of a unicameral congress.

Chile's constitution was approved in a national plebiscite held in September 1980.

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.

Other versions of this story say this happened in the 19th century, or that the Chilean flag was placed second after the French flag ; there are even variations that talk about Chile's national anthem, placing it either in the first place or second, after La Marseillaise.

Chile's national hero, Bernardo O ' Higgins, was born in Chillán in 1778.

The island's only airport, Mataveri International Airport, is served by LAN Airlines, Chile's national carrier, which offers direct flights to Santiago, Papeete and Lima.

Chile's army was first established on December 2, 1810, after the first national meeting of the governmen of Chile.

* " Cueca de Joaquín Murieta " recorded by both Víctor Jara and Quilapayún, in the style of Chile's national dance, the cueca.

Beer saw this as a unique opportunity to implement his ideas of cybernetic management on a national scale, and also sympathized with the stated ideals of Chilean socialism, which aimed to maintain Chile's democratic system and the autonomy of workers instead of imposing a Soviet-style system of top-down command and control.

After a 2-2 tie against Venezuela in Santiago and going to Brazil to lose 2-4 against them, the Chile national football team finally achieved qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup by defeating Colombia 4-2 which was also Chile's first ever away win against the Colombian team.

It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school.

Chile's judiciary is independent and includes a court of appeal, a system of military courts, a constitutional tribunal, and the Supreme Court.

Chile's legal system is civil law based.

Chile's approach to foreign direct investment is codified in the country's Foreign Investment Law, which gives foreign investors the same treatment as Chileans.

* November 14 – Chile's National Library of Congress is founded.

Copper is Chile's single most important export ( more than half of Chile's export receipts were from this sole commodity ).

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

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

More than half of Chile's land surface is volcanic in origin.

Much of Chile's coastline is rugged, with surf that seems to explode against the rocks lying at the feet of high bluffs.

The best known of Chile's Pacific Islands is Easter Island ( Isla de Pascua, also known by its Polynesian name of Rapa Nui ), with a population of 2, 800 people.

As seen in this SeaWiFS image Chile's southern coast is broken into many islands, Fjords and channels of Chile | fjords, channels and twisting peninsulas.

Although Santiago is Chile's official capital, the National Congress of Chile was established in Valparaíso in 1990.

The II Antofagasta Region () is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions.

The Atacama Region () is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.

The IV Coquimbo Region () is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.

The V Valparaíso Region () is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.

With the country's third highest population of 1, 539, 852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of, the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region to the southeast.

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.

In addition to football ( soccer ), basketball is particularly popular in southern Chile, where it as an indoor sport can be played all year round despite Southern Chile's cold and rainy winters.

Santiago Metropolitan Region or simply Metropolitan Region () is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.

With an area of and population over 6 million, it is Chile's smallest by area, most populated and most densely populated region.

Metropolitana is Chile's only landlocked region and lies in the Intermediate Depression valley between the Chilean Coast Range and the Andes mountains.

According to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom ( of the Heritage Foundation, Fraser Institute and WSJ ), Chile's economy is the 10th freest.

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.

Casablanca is one of Chile's cooler wine regions and is often compared to the Californian wine region of Carneros and grows similar grape varietals like Chardonnay and Pinot noir.

It is home to some of Chile's fanciest neighborhoods ( including La Dehesa, often associated with the nouveau riche ), but also to very poor areas, such as Cerro Dieciocho.

In the early 1980s it was renowned as being one of world's best whitewater rafting venues with a trip that lasted seven days through some of Chile's wilderness areas.

Designated a Nature Sanctuary in 2005, Pumalín is Chile's largest private nature reserve and is operated as a public-access park, with an extensive infrastructure of trails, campgrounds, and visitor centers. The park consists of two areas, and there seems to be some interest of the park owners to purchase the intermediate 340km² of the San Ignacio del Huinay Foundation as well.

These speaker live south of the Mapuche in Chile's Valdivian Coastal Range, Osorno Province and on Chiloé Island.

Commonly known as the olivillo or aceitunillo, it is a large evergreen tree endemic to the forests of the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile's Pacific coast, where it forms is a canopy tree in the broadleaf forests.