History of Chile Flashcards
Doctrine prohibiting military intervention in Allende’s government
Schneider Doctrine
Incident where Allende’s General Carlos Prats was goaded into shooting at a housewife
Alejandrina Cox
Socialist President of Chile for Three Years
Salvador Allende
Political alliance Allende was part of
Popular Unity
Presidential Palace bombarded near the end of Allende’s term
La Moneda
Network of telex machines used by Allende to run decentralized government decision making
Project Cybersyn
Failed Coup against Allende by Robert Souper’s Tank Regiment
Tanquetazo “Tank Putsch”
Paramiltary Group that organized Tanquetazo
Patria y Libertad “Fatherland and Liberty”
Former President of Chile who lost in 1970 to Salvator Allende
Jorge Alessandri
Father of Jorge who had the 1925 Chilean constitution drafted
Arturo Alessandri
Current President of Chile (2020)
Sebastian Pinera
Conservative Party of Pinera
National Renewal Party
Socialist Chilean President who preceded Pinera
Michelle Bachelet
Coalition Bachelet was part of
Concertacion
Founding Father of Chile
Bernardo O’Higgins
Battle in which O’Higgins was defeated by Royalist force
Disaster at Rancagua
Battle in which Jose de San Martin and O’Higgins defeated Royalists and won Chilean independence
Battle of Chacabuco
Three phases of Chilean Independence
Patria Vieja (Old Fatherland), Reconquista, Patria Nueva (New Fatherland)
Long Time Right Wing Dictator of Chile
Augosto Pinochet
Group of Economists brought in to assist Chile’s economy during Pinochet Era
Chicago Boys
Death squad that murdered socialist officials following Pinochet’s coup
Caravan of Death
Scandal in which Allende was revealed to have gotten a package of weapons from a certain country
Cuban Packages Scandal
Report detailing crimes of Pinochet
Rettig Report
Conquistador and first Royal Governor of Chile who was killed by the Mapuche
Pedro de Valdivia
Chilean Exile murdered by the DINA secret police via car bomb in DC
Orlando Letelier
Widespread American operation to put in place right wing governments across Latin America
Operation Condor
US backed president of Chile during the late 1880s whose disagreements with the Chilean Congress led to the 1891 Civil War
Jose Balmaceda
Leader of the Chilean Royalists during the war of independence
Mariano Osorio
Final battle of the Chilean war of independence
Battle of Maipu
Christian Democrat President of Chile before Allende
Eduardo Frei
