This nation declared its independence in 1818 two months before the decisive military victory at Maipu confirmed it.
This nation declared its independence in 1818 two months before the decisive military victory at Maipu confirmed it. The seizure of nitrate works in the city of Tarapaca led to an 1879 war in which this country won control of the city of Antofogasta from its northeastern neighbor, depriving that nation of access to the Pacific Ocean, giving that conflict its name. The defeat of incumbent president Jorge Allesandri by a Marxist challenger in this country 1970 presidential election led to a 1973 military coup. FTP in what South American country was Salvador Allende replaced by Augusto Pinochet?
This nation declared its independence in 1818 two months before the decisive military victory at Maipu confirmed it.
CHILE