Chile+Facts


 * 1) Prior to the coming of the Spanich in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while the indigenous Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile.
 * 2) Chile declared it's independence in 1810, victory over the Spanish was not achieved intil 1818.
 * 3) In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions.
 * 4) Not intil the 1880s that the Mapuche Indians were completely subjugated.
 * 5) After a series of