In the War of the Pacific ( 1879 – 83 ), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its current northern territory.

Frei Ruiz-Tagle was succeeded in 2000 by Socialist Ricardo Lagos, who won the presidency in an unprecedented runoff election against Joaquín Lavín of the rightist Alliance for Chile, by a very tight score of less than 200, 000 votes ( 51, 32 %).

* 2009: Volkswagen won the 2009 Dakar Rally held in Argentina and Chile.

* 1962 FIFA World Cup hosted in Chile, won by Brazil

At the Finals, England won the first match against Chile.

Chile won 32 votes to Argentina's 11.

As recognition for his services Valdivia was finally appointed as adelantado and won the royal assent to his coveted title of Governor of Chile, returning to the settlement with his position and prestige considerably strengthened.

There is a rather popular legend in Chile that claims this third Chilean flag won a " Most Beautiful National Flag in the World " contest.

Brazil is the only team to have won the championship in four different continents ; once in Europe ( 1958 Sweden ), once in South America ( 1962 Chile ), twice in North America ( 1970 Mexico and 1994 USA ) and once in Asia ( 2002 Korea / Japan ).

Brazil surprisingly lost to Mexico 2 – 0 in their opening match, then bounced back with a comfortable 3 – 0 victory over Chile with three goals from Robinho, and won 1 – 0 against Ecuador, Robinho scoring on a penalty kick.

Some popular fronts won elections and formed governments, as in France ( Front Populaire ), the Second Spanish Republic, and Chile.

After so many years without be champion of a important competition, Vasco da Gama won the Copa do Brasil against Coritiba after a epic finals, ranked 2nd on 2011 Brazilian Série A with a excellent campaign and was a semifinalist of the Copa Sudamericana, a competition that eliminated Palmeiras, Aurora and Universitario ( the two latter in historic victories ) before being eliminated from the Universidad de Chile in a confrontation that brought together, for many, the two best teams in South America at the time.

The tournament was renamed the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, effective with the 2008 edition won by the USA in Chile.

* Football World Cup in Chile – Brazil won 3-1 over Czechoslovakia

They won the first division trophy 2 times and both won by manager Carlos Reynoso from Chile.

Argentina, in turn, won the Copa América after 32 long years in 1991 in Chile, thanks to a refreshed squad led by the prolific goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta.

However, in 1966 Peñarol won its third continental silverware, after defeating Club Atlético River Plate in a third match played in Santiago, Chile, 4 – 2.

* The South American Basketball Championship 1932 in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

In Chile, the Socialist Party candidate Salvador Allende won the presidential election of 1970, becoming the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in the Americas.

In the parliamentary elections held since the return of democracy to Chile, the Party for Democracy has invariably won somewhat more votes ( and seats ) than the Socialist Party.

He has played in Chile, Argentina and Italy where he has won titles for every team he has played for.

* Kuerten has won ATP Tour singles titles in 13 different countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, Russia, and the United States.

That year, he won the boys ' singles title at the US Open and his first satellite tournament in Chile.

It mostly uses seaports in eastern Argentina and Uruguay for international trade because its diplomatic relations with Chile have been suspended since 1978.

( Christianity, a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu ), and its related observances:

Additionally, Brazil has no contested territorial disputes with any of its neighbours and neither does it have rivalries, like Chile and Bolivia have with each other.

The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions.

Chile declared its independence from Spain on 12 February 1818.

Chile was the least wealthy realm of the Spanish Crown for most of its colonial history.

In August 1828, Pinto's first year in office, Chile abandoned its short-lived federalist system for a unitary form of government, with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

The victory over its neighbors gave Chile and its new political system a psychological boost.

As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia ( 1879 – 1883 ), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.

Chile also temporarily resolved its border disputes with Argentina with the Puna de Atacama Lawsuit of 1899, the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina and the 1902 General Treaty of Arbitration.

The founder of the POS and its best-known leader, Luis Emilio Recabarren, also founded the Communist Party of Chile ( – PCCh ) in 1922.

Immediately after the election, the United States expressed its disapproval and raised a number of economic sanctions against Chile.

In its " Agreement ", on August 22, 1973, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile asserted that Chilean democracy had broken down and called for " redirecting government activity ", to restore constitutional rule.

From the year 2000 onward, Chile completely overhauled its criminal justice system ; a new, US-style adversarial system has been gradually implemented throughout the country with the final stage of implementation in the Santiago metropolitan region completed on June 9, 2001

Through Chile ’ s trade agreements, its agricultural products have gained access to a market controlling 77 % of the world ’ s GDP and by approximately 2012, 74 % of Chilean agribusiness exports will be duty free.

Technology transfer has allowed Chile to build its global competitiveness and innovation and has led to the expansion of production as well as to an increase in average firm size in the industry.

As of 2006, Chile invested only 0. 6 % of its annual GDP in research and development ( R & D ).

Beyond its general economic and political stability, the government has also encouraged the use of Chile as an " investment platform " for multinational corporations planning to operate in the region, but this will have limited value given the developing business climate in Chile itself.

The Government of Chile continues to pay down its foreign debt, with public debt only 3. 9 % of GDP at the end of 2006.

Continuing its export-oriented development strategy, Chile completed landmark free trade agreements in 2002 with the European Union and South Korea.