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2005 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 2005 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Ricardo Lagos Events May *18 May – Tragedy of Antuco December *11 December **Chilean parliamentary election, 2005 **2005–06 Chilean presidential election Deaths *3 January – Misael Escuti (b. 1926 in Chile, 1926) *6 March – Gladys Marín (b. 1938 in Chile, 1938) *18 August – Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (b. 1926 in Chile, 1926) *29 October – Fernando Alegría (b. 1918 in Chile, 1918) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both the Government of Chile and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political offices. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and is essential to the country's political stability. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the president serves a four-year term, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the president of Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military dictatorship and astounded contemporaries in 1988 by openly denouncing dictator Augusto Pinochet on live television. He served as Minister of Education from 1990 to 1992 and Minister of Public Works from 1994 to 1998 under president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle before narrowly winning the 1999-2000 presidential election in a runoff against Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have governed Chile since 1990. He was succeeded on 11 March 2006 by Socialist Michelle Bachelet, from the same coalition. From 2007 to 2010 he served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Lagos made an unsucces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragedy Of Antuco
On May 18, 2005, Major of the Chilean Army Patricio Cereceda, on a routine training mission, ordered 474 conscripts of the 17th Regiment of Los Ángeles, Bío Bío, Los Ángeles to March 28km along the side of the Antuco (volcano), Antuco volcano at altitudes of and {{convert, 1,700, m, ft in spite of some sergeants and corporals appeals to Cereceda to cancel the order on account of the bad weather conditions. Major Cereceda stayed back at a military mountain shelter. Of the five Company (military unit), companies sent, only one was wearing mountain survival gear and the soldiers, most of them teenagers, had been conscription, conscripted less than three months earlier. As a storm struck five hours into the march, the conscripts were completely disoriented by a Whiteout (weather), viento blanco (whiteout). Most of them were able to hike out or hole up in shelters, but the victims, 44 conscripts and one sergeant, died of hypothermia or exposure in the mountains. Consequences Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Parliamentary Election, 2005
Chilean may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Chile, a country in South America * Chilean people * Chilean Spanish * Chilean culture * Chilean cuisine * Chilean Americans See also *List of Chileans This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. Economists * Ricardo J. Caballero – MIT professor, Department of Economics * Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993–1996), prolific author and media per ... * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misael Escuti
Misael Escuti Rovira (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup tournament. Personal life On 6 April 1965, Escuti was one of the constituent footballers of , the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe Hugo Mario Lepe Gajardo (14 April 1940 – 4 July 1991) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Universidad de Chile. Personal life On 6 April 1965, Lepe was one of the constitu ..., among others. References External links * 1926 births 2005 deaths People from Copiapó Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Chilean people of Italian descent Santiago National F.C. players Badminton F.C. footballers Colo-Colo footballers Chilean Primera Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Emiliano Figueroa Events June * An exceptionally stormy and unsettled month in Central Chile produces the wettest and cloudiest month for which reliable records exist in Santiago,Navarrete, J. Bustos; ‘Meteorological Summary for Southern South America’; ''Monthly Weather Review''; 54 (1926), p. 300 where a total of falls (more than the average annual rainfall) and no more than 51 sunny hours occur all month. October *12 October to 3 November – The 1926 South American Championship is held in Santiago. Births *14 April – George Robledo (d. 1989) *26 May – Antonio Prieto (actor) (d. 2011) *20 August – Augusto Barcia (d. 2001) *20 December – Misael Escuti (d. 1995) *29 December – Lautaro Murúa (d. 1926) Deaths *20 October – Agustín Ross (b. 1844) *16 December – Hernán Trizano (b. 1860) References {{South America topic, 1926 in Years of the 20th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Marín
Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie (; July 16, 1938 – March 6, 2005) was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) (1994–2002) and then president of the PCCh until her death. She was a staunch opponent of General Augusto Pinochet and filed the first lawsuit against him, in which she accused him of committing human rights violations during his seventeen-year dictatorship. Early life Marín was born in Curepto, in the Maule region to Heraclio Marín, a farmer, and school teacher Adriana Millie, later moving with her family to Sarmiento, and then to Talagante. At the age of eleven she settled in Santiago. Political activism Marín joined the Communist party while studying at pedagogy faculty in Santiago. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1965, and again in 1970, representing a working-class district of Santiago. Following the 1973 coup d'état, Marín first went underground and then, at the PCCh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Arturo Alessandri (until 25 December), Pedro Aguirre Cerda Events September *5 September – Seguro Obrero massacre October *25 October – Chilean presidential election, 1938 Births *date unknown – Óscar Hahn *18 January – Manuel Rodríguez (footballer) (d. 2018) *2 February – Sergio Ortega (d. 2003) *2 March – Ricardo Lagos *21 May – Luis Hernán Álvarez (d. 1991) *7 June – Armando Tobar (d. 2016) *7 October – Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1938) (d. 2020) *9 October – Humberto Donoso (d. 2000) *7 November – Eugenio Pizarro *25 November – Alberto Valentini (d. 2009) *20 December – Patricio Rodríguez (d. 2020) Deaths *22 May – Víctor Morales (Chilean footballer) *25 July – Luis Altamirano References {{South America topic, 1938 in Years of the 20th century in Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrónico Luksic Abaroa
Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (5 November 1926 – 18 August 2005) was a Chilean businessman of Croatian and Bolivian origin. He founded the Luksic Group, becoming the richest person in Chile, the fourth in Latin America, and the 132nd in the world, with a net worth in 2005 of according to ''Forbes'' magazine. The Luksic Group has interests in the mining, financial, industrial, and beverages sectors. Major holdings include, or have included, Banco de Chile, Compañia de Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), and Antofagasta Plc, a UK-listed copper mining company. In Croatia, he was involved in the tourist industry. In September 2002, the Chilean newspaper ''El Mercurio'' published an interview with Andrónico Luksic titled "Don Andrónico cuenta su historia" (''Don Andrónico shares his story''), in which he explains how, after a life of hard work, he had decided to retire and "dedicate himself to what he liked the most: his family, his beloved Croatia and social assistance". Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Alegría
Fernando Alegría (Santiago de Chile, 26 September 1918 – Walnut Creek, California, October 29, 2005) was a Chilean poet, writer, literary critic and scholar. Biography He grew up in the Independencia '' barrio'' of the city. Poets from this ''barrio'' include Pablo Neruda, Violeta Parra and Volodia Teitelboim. Alegría studied al Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera of Santiago and Universidad de Chile. He received a Master of Arts (M.A.) from Bowling Green State University in 1941 and a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1947. From 1964 to 1967, Alegría was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1967 to 1998 he was a professor at Stanford University and for many years he was Chair of the Spanish and Portuguese Language Departments there. He sat on the Board of Trustees at the Western Institute for Social Research(WISR) for about twenty years beginning with its inception in 1975. Alegría served as cultural attaché from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1918 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Juan Luis Sanfuentes Events March *10 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1918 Births *31 May – Ricardo Echeverría (d. 1970) *24 April – Jorge Prat (d. 1971) *11 September – César Mendoza (d. 1996) *15 September – Margot Loyola (d. 2015) *26 September – Fernando Alegría (d. 2005) *11 November – Enrique Silva Cimma (d. 2012) *26 November – Patricio Aylwin (d. 2016) Deaths *16 February – Rafael Sotomayor Gaete (b. 1848) Works of fiction taking place in 1918 Chile *Chilean soap opera Los Pincheira is located in Yerbas Buenas, Chile, in 1918. References {{South America topic, 1918 in Years of the 20th century in Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
