Chile
nation state
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| Location | South America |
| Leader | President of Chile |
| Type | nation state |
| Spanish-speaking MEDC in South America. It occupies a very 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. It had a tradition of liberty until the election of the Marxist Salvador Allende, which prompted intervention from the supranational deep state. They organised a coup d'état, which installed Augusto Pinochet as a dictator.
Deep state
- Full article: Chile/Deep state
- Full article: Chile/Deep state
History
Independence from Spain in 1810.
1964 CIA election meddling
In 1964 the CIA's intervened on behalf of the Christian Democrat, Eduardo Frei, spending $20 million and dwarfing even the later effort against the Allende government[1]. "One of the key figures in the 1964 intervention," the Washington Post reported, "was Cord Meyer, Jr. He directed the CIA's covert programs to neutralize Communist influence on important opinion-making sectors such as trade unions, farmer and peasant organizations, student activities and the media.[2]
1973 Coup d'état
- Full article: Chile/1973 coup d'état
- Full article: Chile/1973 coup d'état
In 1973, an internationally organised coup was instigated to defeat the democratically elected Marxist government of Salvador Allende, by supranational deep state forces including the CIA and ASIS.[3]
Economy
Chile is world's the number one extractor of a number of minerals, including copper, iodine, rhenium, sodium and potassium nitrate.