Under General Roca , the Conquest of the Desert extended Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Argentine power into Patagonia and ended Process_end the possibility of Chilean expansion Expansion there .

On 6 March 1866 , during the Chincha Islands War , the Spanish steam frigate `` Blanca '' captured Conquering the Chilean sidewheel steamer Paquete de Maule in the Gulf of Arauco .

During the war , the `` Paquete de Maule '' served Supply as an auxiliary ship to the Chilean fleet and it was unarmed .

The Spanish ship did n't detect Know the Chilean `` Independencia '' pailebot and it was able to escape Escaping taking Conquering refuge in the shallow areas .

The 1906 disaster was predicted Statement by Captain Arturo Middleton , Chief of the Chilean Army Meteorological Office , in a letter that was published Publishing in `` El Mercurio '' , one week before it occurred Process_start .

It has been broadcast Expressing_publicly live on radio and on Chilean television over the years by TVN , Canal 13 , Megavisión or Chilevisión , regularly breaking Destroying viewing records .

The 2011–2013 Chilean protests – known as the Chilean Winter ( in particular reference to the massive protests of August 2011 ) or the Chilean Education Conflict ( as labelled in Chilean media ) – were a series of student-led protests Protest across Chile , demanding Request a new framework for education in the country , including more direct state participation Participation in secondary education and an end Process_end to the existence Presence of profit in higher education .

The 2011–2013 Chilean protests – known as the Chilean Winter ( in particular reference to the massive protests of August 2011 ) or the Chilean Education Conflict ( as labelled in Chilean media ) – were a series of student-led protests Protest across Chile , demanding Request a new framework for education in the country , including more direct state participation Participation in secondary education and an end Process_end to the existence Presence of profit in higher education .

The 2011–2013 Chilean protests – known as the Chilean Winter ( in particular reference to the massive protests of August 2011 ) or the Chilean Education Conflict ( as labelled in Chilean media ) – were a series of student-led protests Protest across Chile , demanding Request a new framework for education in the country , including more direct state participation Participation in secondary education and an end Process_end to the existence Presence of profit in higher education .

The 2011–2013 Chilean protests – known as the Chilean Winter ( in particular reference to the massive protests of August 2011 ) or the Chilean Education Conflict ( as labelled in Chilean media ) – were a series of student-led protests Protest across Chile , demanding Request a new framework for education in the country , including more direct state participation Participation in secondary education and an end Process_end to the existence Presence of profit in higher education .

No new public universities have been built Building since the end Process_end of the Chilean transition Change to democracy in 1990 , even though the number of university students has swelled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale .

Student protestors have not achieved Achieve all their objectives , but they contributed Influence to a dramatic fall Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in Piñera 's approval rating , which was measured at 26–30 % in August 2011 polls by respected Chilean pollsters and had not increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by January 2012 .

The Santa María School massacre was a massacre Killing of striking workers , mostly saltpeter works ( nitrate ) miners , along with wives and children , committed Committing_crime by the Chilean Army in Iquique , Chile on December 21 , 1907 .

It occurred Presence during the peak of the nitrate mining era , which coincided with the Parliamentary Period in Chilean political history ( 1891–1925 ) .

Edson Peña , a survivor from 2010 Copiapó mining accident joined Becoming_a_member to Newton-John in the Chilean concert to perform `` Summer Nights '' .

It was felt Perception_active strongly in six Chilean regions ( from Valparaíso in the north to Araucanía in the south ) , that together make up about 80 percent of the country 's population .

The earthquake Catastrophe also generated Causation a blackout that affected Influence 93 percent of the Chilean population and which went on for several days in some locations .

On 10 March , Swiss Reinsurance Co. estimated Statement that the Chilean quake would cost Earnings_and_losses insurance companies between 4 and 7 billion dollars .

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident Catastrophe , also known then as the `` Chilean mining accident Catastrophe '' , began Process_start on Thursday , 5 August 2010 with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine , located in the Atacama Desert north of the regional capital of Copiapó , in northern Chile .

Three separate drilling rig teams , nearly every Chilean government ministry , the United States ' NASA space agency , and a dozen corporations from around the world cooperated Collaboration completing the rescue Rescuing .

The Chilean army led Conquering by Gen. Manuel Baquedano inflicted a harsh defeat Conquering on the Peruvian army commanded Control by the Supreme Chief Nicolás de Piérola .

The Chilean triumph eliminated Killing the first defensive Defending line guarding Lima , and almost obliterated Killing the Peruvian army defending Defending it .

Despite this result , another battle Hostile_encounter had to be fought Hostile_encounter in order that the Chilean army could enter Arriving the Peruvian capital city at Miraflores , two days later .

The Chilean War Hostile_encounter of Independence was a war Hostile_encounter between pro-independence Chilean criollos seeking political and economic independence from Spain and royalist criollos supporting Supporting continued allegiance to the Captaincy General of Chile and membership of the Spanish Empire .

The Chilean War Hostile_encounter of Independence was a war Hostile_encounter between pro-independence Chilean criollos seeking political and economic independence from Spain and royalist criollos supporting Supporting continued allegiance to the Captaincy General of Chile and membership of the Spanish Empire .

Depending on what terms are used Using to define its end Process_end , it lasted until 1821 , when royalist forces Military_operation were defeated Conquering by José de San Martín ; or until 1826 , when the last Spanish troops surrendered Surrendering and the Chiloé Archipelago was incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate to the Chilean republic .

The Chilean War Hostile_encounter of Independence was part of the more aroused Spanish American wars Hostile_encounter of independence .