Chile: Difference between revisions

In 1973, the military under General Augusto Pinochet made a coup d'etat against the Socialist government of Salvador Allende. Pinochet's [[Banana Republic|dictatorship]] lasted until 1989, when a national plebiscite was held to determine whether or not the military government should remain in power. If you happen to be among Chileans, [[Broken Base|it is usually not wise bring up the topic]]. '''Seriously'''. Since then the country has been growing; recently led by right-wing Sebastián Piñera, the first right-wing President democratically elected since 1958.

 

 

Notable Chileans are [[Gabriela Mistral]] and [[Pablo Neruda]], who were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945 and 1971, respectively. [[Gabriela Mistral]] received also the National Literature Prize in 1951. [[Roberto Bolano]] and [[Isabel Allende]] are also famous writers worldwide.