This nation gained control of the nitrate rich portions of the Atacama when it won the War of the Pacific over Peru and Bolivia.
This country was first conquered by Pedro de Valdivia, and the Battle of Chacabuco occurred during this country's war of independence. This nation gained control of the nitrate rich portions of the Atacama when it won the War of the Pacific over Peru and Bolivia. While Bernardo O'Higgins became its first president, Richard Nixon notoriously ordered the overthrow of a Marxist president of this country. For 10 points, name this South American country in which Salvador Allende was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet in its capital, Santiago.
This country was first conquered by Pedro de Valdivia, and the Battle of Chacabuco occurred during this country's war of independence.
The Republic of {Chile}