2003 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 2003 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Ricardo Lagos Events *MOP-Gate case June *6 June – The Chile–United States Free Trade Agreement is signed. Deaths *15 January – Eduardo Alquinta (born 1945) *21 April – Fernando Campos Harriet (born 1910) *15 July – Roberto Bolaño (born 1953) *19 July – Elena Caffarena (born 1903) *29 October – Jaime Castillo Velasco (born 1914) References Years of the 21st 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 the Andes to the east a ...

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 ...
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Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel ''Los detectives salvajes'' (''The Savage Detectives''), and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel ''2666'', which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages". ''The New York Times'' described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation". In addition, the author enjoys excellent reviews from both writers and contemporary literary critics and is considered one of the great Latin American authors of the 20th century, along with other writers of the stature of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, with whom he is usually compared. Life Childhood in Chile Bolaño was born in 1953 in Santiago, the son of a t ...
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2003 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 2003 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Ricardo Lagos Events *MOP-Gate case June *6 June – The Chile–United States Free Trade Agreement is signed. Deaths *15 January – Eduardo Alquinta (born 1945) *21 April – Fernando Campos Harriet (born 1910) *15 July – Roberto Bolaño (born 1953) *19 July – Elena Caffarena (born 1903) *29 October – Jaime Castillo Velasco (born 1914) References Years of the 21st 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 the Andes to the east a ...

1914 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1914 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Ramón Barros Luco Events March *29 March – Mana Expedition to Easter Island May *8 May – The Con Con National football club is founded. November *1 November – World War I: Battle of Coronel Births *7 May – Radomiro Tomic (d. 1992) *11 May – Arturo Bucciardi (d. 1970) *5 September – Nicanor Parra (d. 2018) *8 November – Juan Acevedo Pavez (d. 2010) Deaths *9 March – Alejandro Bello (b. 1887) References {{South America topic, 1914 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 the Andes to the east a ...

Jaime Castillo Velasco
Jaime Castillo Velasco (; 14 March 1914 – 29 October 2003) was a Chilean politician who served as president and vice-president of the Christian Democrat Party on several occasions. Early life Born in Santiago, he studied at the Liceo Alemán before progressing to a law degree at the University of Chile, from where he graduated in 1935. He became a lawyer, in 1939, after he finished his studies at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He later studied philosophy at both the University of Chile and the Sorbonne in Paris. Career During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva, Jaime Castillo was appointed to serve as the Minister of Land and Human Settlement and, later, as Minister of Justice (1966 to 1968). He was a professor at the University of Chile and the Catholic University, School of Political Science; directed the policy and Spirit magazine; chaired the Institute of Political Studies and Training (IDEP), was a member of the World Ideological Commission of the ...
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1903 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Germán Riesco Events *3 June – The Club Deportivo Arturo Fernández Vial is founded. Births *date unknown – Magdalena Petit (d. 1968) *date unknown – Esteban Serrador (d. 1978) *6 February – Claudio Arrau, pianist (d. 1991) *25 February – Guillermo Subiabre (d. 1964) *5 November – Guillermo Saavedra (footballer) (d. 1957) Deaths *14 July – Manuel Antonio Caro (b. 1835) References {{South America topic, 1903 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 the Andes to the east a ...

Elena Caffarena
Elena Caffarena Morice (; March 23, 1903 - July 19, 2003) was a Chilean lawyer, jurist and politician. Contemporary historians and humanists consider her to be one of the most important 20th-century public figures in Chile. Biography Elena Caffarena was born in Iquique, Chile, to Ana Morice and Blas Caffarena, an Italian immigrant. When Caffarena was young the family moved to Santiago from Iquique. Caffarena attended the University of Chile, and her time there was very influential in her career. When at college in her sophomore year she worked at Defensa Jurídica Gratuita (English: Free Legal Defense). During this work she met her husband, Jorge Jiles. Caffarena devoted much of her life to the struggle for women's emancipation. Her granddaughter is the journalist Pamela Jiles. Caffarena died on July 19, 2003, at the age of 100. Career and MEMCh Caffarena and Olga Poblete were the founders of Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (MEMCh) (English: Pro-Emancipa ...
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1953 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Events January *1 January - A fire in a barracks in Valparaíso causes an explosion that kills 50 people, including 36 firefighters. The incident was caused by a flare launched at the New Year's celebrations. February *13 February - The Central Unitaria de Traballadores(CUT) is created, which brings together the majority of the country's trade union centrals, and that day it celebrates its constituent congress. *16 February - The evening newspaper ''Los Tiempos'' returns to circulation after 21 years. March * 1 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1953 *23 March - The Ministry of Mining is created, being its prime minister Eduardo Paredes. May *6 May – 1953 Concepción earthquake June * 15 June – Seven people were killed when a Chilean airliner exploded and crashed at the Copiapo airport. July * 24 July - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo signs t ...
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1910 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1910 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Pedro Montt Montt (until 16 August), Elías Fernández Albano (until 6 September), Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (until 23 December), Ramón Barros Luco Events *15 October – Chilean presidential election, 1910 Births *22 February – Stewart Iglehart (d. 1993) Deaths *24 June – Juan Williams Rebolledo (b. 1825) *16 August – Pedro Montt Montt (b. 1846) *6 September – Elías Fernández Albano (b. 1845) References {{South America topic, 1910 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 the Andes to the east a ...

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 ...
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Fernando Campos Harriet
Fernando Campos Harriet (1910–2003) was a 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 the Andes to the east a ...an lawyer and historian. 20th-century Chilean lawyers Legal historians 20th-century Chilean historians 20th-century Chilean male writers 21st-century Chilean historians 21st-century Chilean male writers 1910 births 2003 deaths {{chile-historian-stub ...
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1945 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Juan Antonio Ríos Events January *14 January - The 1945 South American Championship begins, with headquarters in the Estadio Nacional de Chile of Santiago. February *28 February - The 1945 South American Championship current Copa América, ends; Argentina is crowned champion, second place goes to Brazil, followed by Chile in third place, and Uruguay in fourth place. March * 4 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1945 April *20 April - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions begins. May *14 May - The President of the Republic, Juan Antonio Rios, forms a new cabinet made up of the Radical, Democratic, Authentic Socialist and National Falange parties. *15 May - The senators and deputies elected in the election of March 4 take office for the period May 15, 1945 - May 15, 1949. *20 May - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions ends, Colo-Colo is crowned champion ...
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