Chile–Philippines relations are the

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and

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relations between Chile and the Philippines. Both nations were both parts of the

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and during colonial times they freely traveled to each other’s geographic location.

History

Both

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and the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

have the presence of similar races as the Philippines was were Latin Americans, Spaniards, and Malayo-Polynesians lived together which is the same case in Chile especially at their Westernmost province, the Easter Islands which was originally settled by Malayo-Polynesians and followed by Spaniards and Latin Americans; nowadays, Easter Islanders are the only Malayo-Polynesians who are fluent Spanish second-language speakers. During the Spanish colonial era, the Manila Galleons traded goods between Asia and Latin America and merchants from the Philippines distributed Asian goods all the way to

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at Chile. The Chileans were also in the Philippines and Chileans were one of the nationalities of Latin American officers and soldiers that supported the Philippines’ short-lived Emperor, Andrés Novales, in his revolt against Spain. Later, the Chilean independence leader of Irish descent

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque people, Basque-Spanish people, Spani ...

once planned to expand Chile by liberating the Philippines from Spain and incorporating the islands. In this regard, he tasked the Scottish naval officer, Lord Thomas Cochrane, in a letter dated on November 12, 1821, expressing his plan to conquer Guayaquil, the Galapagos Islands, and the

. There were preparations, but the plan didn't push through because O'Higgins was exiled. Nevertheless, in the middle of the 19th century there was another plan by Chilean officials to also assist in the

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and the Philippine-American War. by sending an armada across the Pacific. However, the plan also did not come to fruition. Nevertheless, currently there is flourishing bilateral relations between Chile and the Philippines. Diplomatic relations between Chile and the Philippines began in 1854 when Chile opened a consulate in

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. But the formal relations established on July 4, 1946, the day when the Philippines officially gained its independence from the

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Relations

According to

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Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Aquino III (; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines ...

, Chile and the Philippines share "unique experiences" with their Spanish colonizations, their predominance in

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, and their frequent occurrence of natural disasters as both countries are located in the

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. In 2012, Chile and the Philippines were eyeing partnerships in mining and

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, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera shared stories about his country to

during a bilateral meeting in

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, where the APEC summit was held. President Piñera also mentioned to President Aquino that his country needs English teachers, a potential jobs that awaits Filipinos in Chile. In that year also, saying that there were 318 Spanish-trained basic education teachers in the Philippines, Philippine Secretary of Education Armin Luistro announced an agreement was in process with the Chilean government to train Filipino school teachers in Spanish. In exchange, the Philippines will help the Chileans with their English fluency.

State visits

Chilean President

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

undertook a

state visit A state visit is a formal visit by the head of state, head of a sovereign state, sovereign country (or Governor-general, representative of the head of a sovereign country) to another sovereign country, at the invitation of the head of state (or ...

to the Philippines on November 16, 2015, on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila. She met with Philippine President

at the

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, the two of whom also witnessed the signing of several bilateral agreements on

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and

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cooperation between their governments and agreed to pursue talks for a

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in an effort to increase trade and investment between Chile and the Philippines.

Resident diplomatic missions

* Chile has an embassy in

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

. * Philippines has an embassy in

.Embassy of the Philippines in Chile
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References

Works cited

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chile-Philippines relations

Bilateral relations of the Philippines