Chile received about 2. 25 million foreign visitors in 2006, up to 2. 50 million in 2007

Chile registered an inflation rate of 3. 2 % in 2006.

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

In 2006, the Government of Chile ran a surplus of $ 11. 3 billion, equal to almost 8 % of GDP.

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

Chile thus recorded a positive trade balance of US $ 23 billion in 2006.

During 2006, Chile imported US $ 26 billion from the Americas, representing 54 % of total imports, followed by Asia at 22 %, and Europe at 16 %.

Much of the jump in FDI in 2006 was also the result of acquisitions and mergers, but has done little to create new employment in Chile.

However, several landmarks have been achieved in the fight against it in Latin America, including a reduction by 72 % of the incidence of human infection in children and young adults in the countries of the Southern Cone Initiative, and at least three countries ( Uruguay, in 1997, and Chile, in 1999, and Brazil in 2006 ) have been certified free of vectorial and transfusional transmission.

The voucher system in Chile has been controversial and has led to periodic mass protests, especially the 2006 Penguin Revolution and the 2011 student protests in Chile.

* 2006 – Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.

United States 30 %, Mainland China 11 %, Japan 6 %, Chile 5 % Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil ( 2006 )

Another similar case has been reported in Chile, but the case is still being investigated and reports are not released as of March 2006.

Mine field in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Chile, photograph from 2006

* In 2006, Michele Bachelet is elected as the first female President of Chile.

** Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile ( d. 2006 )

* TVN ( Chile ) ( 2003 – 2006 )

* 2006: Michelle Bachelet, Chile

File: Lamas in the sunset San Pedro de Atacama Chile Luca Galuzzi 2006. jpg | Llamas in the desert

* Valparaíso Region, Chile ( 2006 )

On March 22, 2006, ten residents of Monroe Township, from The Ponds retirement community, were killed in a tour bus accident in the Andes mountains in northern Chile.

The Chimayo Chile Project incorporated the local farmers, Chimayo Chile Farmers, Inc. Chimayo Chile Farmers, Inc. applied for the certification mark " Chimayo " with the USPTO in 2006 and was granted registration in 2009.

On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its short-lived ( 2003 until 2006 ) county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden ( i. e. the Copenhagen Capital Region ).

The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a popular download hit in 2006 when Universal Records made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.

In 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, became the first woman to become the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10, 000 One Day International runs.

* He became the sixth batsman to score a century in one session, doing so against Pakistan on 21 November 2006.

Former Georgia Tech provost Jean-Lou Chameau became the eighth president of Caltech on September 1, 2006, replacing David Baltimore who had served since 1997.

In March 2006, the parliament overturned a veto by President Václav Klaus, and the Czech Republic became the first former communist country in Europe to grant legal recognition to same-sex partnerships.

Between 2003 and 2006, monitors with 16: 9 and mostly 16: 10 ( 8: 5 ) aspect ratios became commonly available, first in laptops and later also in standalone monitors.

On 11 September 2006, Dunlop became the first person to be convicted of murder following a prior acquittal for the same crime, in his case his 1991 acquittal of Julie Hogg's murder.

The Dublin Core became ISO 15836 standard in 2006 and is used as a base-level data element set for the description of learning resources in the ISO / IEC 19788-2 Metadata for learning resources ( MLR ) -- Part 2: Dublin Core elements, prepared by the ISO / IEC JTC1 SC36.

In 2006 ( with the release of version 3 ), Euphoria became open source and the openEuphoria Group continues to administer and develop the project.

In May 2006, Wray became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honored by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp.

In 2006 Montenegro seceded and became an independent state.

On 3 July 2005, the country became the first country in the world to give full marriage and adoption rights to homosexual couples ( Belgium has allowed same-sex marriage since 2003 and co-parenting since April 2006, and the Netherlands has allowed same-sex marriage since 2001 and now has a law in preparation to provide full adoption rights in equal conditions to opposite-sex marriages ).

On 27 November 2005 the PLH candidate Manuel Zelaya beat the PNH candidate and current Head of Congress Porfirio " Pepe " Lobo, and became the new President on 27 January 2006.

The " Outlines " became sufficiently common for James Thurber to parody the trend in his humorous essay, " An Outline of Scientists "— indeed, Wells's Outline of History remains in print with a new 2005 edition, while A Short History of the World has been recently reedited ( 2006 ).

In May 2006 he became a professor at Wuhan University's international school of software, teaching graduate level pure mathematics, theoretical physics and computer science.

Irssi builds and runs on Microsoft Windows under Cygwin, and in 2006, an official Windows standalone build became available.

Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah became the Emir of Kuwait on 18 January 2006

As the Louvre became a point of interest in the book The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on the book, the museum earned $ 2. 5 million by allowing filming in its galleries.

American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of the club during the 2006 – 07 season, in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at £ 218. 9 million.

The nickname loonie ( in French ) became so widely recognized that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it.

The municipality was part of the old Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and it became the capital of the new district of Lausanne.

Originally marketed by the Lambert Pharmacal Company ( which later became Warner-Lambert ), it is currently manufactured and distributed by Johnson and Johnson since that company's acquisition of Pfizer's consumer healthcare division in late December 2006.