Chile

Chile
Chile
Location	South America
Leader	President of Chile;
Type	nation state
Interest of	Senate Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations
Member of	APEC, OECD, UN
Subpage	•Chile/1973 coup d'état;
	Spanish-speaking MEDC in South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Chile is a nation state in South America.

History

Independence from Spain in 1810

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Salvador Allende	“We are faced with forces that operate in the shadows, without a flag, with powerful weapons, positioned in the most varied places of influence....The aggression of the large capitalist companies aims to prevent the emancipation of the people. It represents a direct attack against the economic interests of the workers....We are facing a true frontal conflict between large corporations and states. Their fundamental decisions - political, economic and military - seem to be interfered with by global organizations that do not depend on any state and that, in the sum of their activities, do not respond to or are supervised by any Parliament, by any institution representing the collective interest. In a word, it is the entire political structure of the world that is being undermined.”	Salvador Allende	December 1972

Event
Chile/1973 coup d'état

Title	Born	Died	Description
Alfredo Alcaino			An unknown Cercle visitor.
Salvador Allende	26 June 1908	11 September 1973	The first marxist to be elected in South America. Deposed by the CIA.
Francisco Bulnes	8 August 1917	28 October 1999
Carlos Cardoen	1 May 1942
Orlando Letelier	13 April 1932	21 September 1976	A Chilean socialist politician and diplomat, assassinated in Washington D.C.
Augusto Pinochet	25 November 1915	10 December 2006
Carlos Prats	24 February 1915	30 September 1974	Chilean army leader who defended the constitution and President Allende. His resignation opened for the September 11, 1973 coup. Assassinated in exile with bomb planted by the Chilean intelligence service.
René Schneider	31 December 1913	25 October 1970	The commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt.