In January 2006 Chileans elected their first woman president, Michelle Bachelet, of the Socialist Party.

Over the last ten years, Chileans have enjoyed the introduction of new financial tools such as home equity loans, currency futures and options, factoring, leasing, and debit cards.

As a result of new initiatives in nutrition and health, together with higher wages, many poorer Chileans were able to feed themselves and clothe themselves better than they had been able to before.

Colonization by Chileans followed mainly from the " Little North " ( the contemporary regions of Atacama and Coquimbo, also known as the III and IV regions ), into the new territories of Antofagasta and Tarapacá, nicknamed the Norte Grande or " the Great North ".

Chileans suspected the new US initiative was tainted with a pro-Peruvian bias.

In fact, when some Latin American ( Brazilians, Argentines, Mexicans, Chileans, Peruvians, Ecuadorians and Colombians for instance ) people are introduced to someone new, they usually greet them with a cheek kiss if the person being introduced to them is a member of the opposite sex or two women.

The CIA, as recounted in the Church Committee report, was involved in various plots designed to remove Allende and then let the Chileans vote in a new election where he would not be a candidate: It tried to buy off the Chilean Congress to prevent his appointment, worked to sway public opinion against him to prevent his election, and financed protests designed to bring the country to a stand-still and make him resign.

Despite a new era of great players coming through the ranks including international players including Brazilians Camargo, Taneses and Nilton Rodarte, Peruvian Fernando Alva, Uruguayan Julio Cesar Cortés " el Pocho ", Chileans Hugo Ottensen and domestic players including Miguel " la Mica " González, Herbert Machón, " Míchel " Cornejo, Armando Cortez Sandoval, Roberto " el Cuchillo " Guerra, Jaime " la Chelona " Rodríguez and Carlos " el Cacho " Meléndez.

Without a Peruvian president who was willing to accept their terms, on February 22, 1881, the Chileans allowed a convention of Peruvian " notables " outside of Lima to elect Francisco García Calderón as president.

* A Chilean version, called " Great Chileans " ( Grandes Chilenos ), aired in 2008 and the chosen winner was Salvador Allende ( former socialist president ).

Hirsch has also been a major critic of the course the Coalition of Parties for Democracy has taken and was cynical of the euphoria created by the election of the socialist president Michelle Bachelet claiming that her government meant a continuation of the same for most Chileans.

The majority Hispanic community consists of Dominicans, Mexicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Bolivians, Peruvians, and Chileans.

In World War II, a group of over 10, 000 Chileans of French descent, the majority have French relatives joined the Free French Forces and fought the Nazi occupation of France.

According to some authors, it was during this time that the burlesque Spanish term " roto " ( torn ), used by Peruvians to refer to Chileans, was first mentioned given how Almagro's disappointed troops returned to Cuzco with their " torn clothes " due to the extensive and laborious passage on foot by the Atacama desert.

The anti-immigrant violence later focused on Mexicans, Chileans whom came as miners in the California Gold Rush and Chinese immigrants.

Just prior to the capture of La Moneda ( the Presidential Palace ), with gunfire and explosions clearly audible in the background, Allende gave his farewell speech to Chileans on live radio, speaking of himself in the past tense, of his love for Chile and of his deep faith in its future.

Since mayonnaise became widely accessible in the 1980s Chileans have used it on locos, completos, French fries, and on boiled chopped potatoes, a salad commonly known as " papas mayo ".

Most Chileans live near or on these mountains.

By the early 1990s, much of the city's unique heritage had been lost and many Chileans had given up on the city.

From Pisagua the Chileans marched south towards Iquique and on November 19, 1879, defeated the allied troops gathered in Agua Santa in the Battle of San Francisco and Dolores.

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.

Half of the passengers on Flight 603 were Chileans returning to Chile.

During the US sailors ' shore leave on October 16, 1891, a mob of enraged Chileans angry about the Itatas capture ( among other possible motives ), attacked the sailors from the Baltimore.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin again sail into the South Pacific on a secret mission: this time to help the Chileans secure independence from Spain.

Allende installed a price freeze and increased wages in the industry, which resulted in Chile spending 56 % of its export earnings on food ( the country was producing 2 / 3 of what Chileans consumed ).

In the mural it is written ; " What once was ours, will be ours once again ", and " Hold on rotos ( Chileans ), because here come the Colorados of Bolivia "

She rented a small cottage, turned her back on the English colony (" I say nothing of the English here, because I do not know them except as very civil vulgar people, with one or two exceptions ", she later wrote ), and lived among the Chileans for a whole year.

Ramones, a fan of Peruvian Pisco, when asked about the espionage situation, asked what the Chileans were spying on in Peru, suggesting that it might be how to make a pisco sour ("¿ Qué quieren espiar los chilenos?

On a deeper level, both countries were in a heated competition for the control of the commercial routes on the Pacific ; and for the Chileans specially, whose relations with independent Peru had already been strained by economic problems centering on rivalry between their ports of Callao and Valparaíso.

During a silent attack on the night of August 21, 1836, the Chileans managed to capture three confederate ships: the Santa Cruz, Arequipeño and Peruviana.

On October 14, 1988 in the World Cup Stadium in Mendoza Los Prisioneros shared the stage with Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, Youssou N ' Dour, the group mendozino Markama and Chilean group Inti Illimani, performing together on " Get Up, Stand Up " by Bob Marley, 42 to 10 000 18 000 Chileans and Argentines.

When Julio saw the Chileans, he was to high already to climb down to warn about the Chilean troops ' presence on time.

Later on, the church was converted in a stable by the Chileans.

Neither candidate received more than half of the total votes ; therefore, according to the Constitution, Chileans returned to the polls for a final run-off election on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

At 11: 08 hrs, 14 to 20 Chileans sailors boarded the Huascar, without encountering any resistance.

The Araucanians ' valor inspired the Chileans to mythologize them as the nation's first national heroes, a status that did nothing, however, to elevate the wretched living standard of their descendants.

The Chilean War of Independence was part of the larger Spanish American independence movement, and it was far from having unanimous support among Chileans, who became divided between independentists and royalists.

During this period, the harsh rule of the Spanish loyalists, who punished suspected rebels, drove more and more Chileans into the insurrectionary camp.

Chileans experienced a surge of national enthusiasm and cohesion behind a regime accepted as legitimate and efficacious.

After the coup, Chileans witnessed a large-scale repression, which started as soon as October 1973, with at least 70 persons murdered by the Caravan of Death.

The junta jailed, tortured, and executed thousands of Chileans.

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.

The percentage of Chileans with household incomes below the poverty line – defined as twice the cost of satisfying a person's minimal nutritional needs – fell from 45. 1 % in 1987 to 13. 7 % in 2006, according to government polls.

Using the relative yardstick favoured in many European countries, 27 % of Chileans would be poor, according to Juan Carlos Feres of the ECLAC.

In 2005 the 10 % poorest among the Chileans received 1. 2 % of GNP ( 2000 = 1. 4 %), while the 10 % richest received 47 % of GNP ( 2000

* 1818 – Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.

Numerous Argentinians, Chileans and Croatians settled in the main island leading to increased conflicts with native Selknam.

* November 26 – Battle of Papudo: The Spanish ship Covadonga is captured by the Chileans and the Peruvians, north of Valparaíso, Chile.

Social spending was dramatically increased, particularly for housing, education, and health, while a major effort was made to redistribute wealth to poorer Chileans.

with the goal of redirecting government activity toward the path of law and ensuring the Constitutional order of our Nation, and the essential underpinnings of democratic co-existence among Chileans.