Chile and the Fight for Independence
SANTIAGO – Bernardo O’Higgins declared Chile an independent state on February 12, 1818. Political turmoil filled the country with instability. Much went on during the...
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143-Year-Old Peruvian Guano Bonds – Only Pretty Paper
by Bob Travis
October 1, 2018 was arguably an important day for not one, but two, of Chile’s northern neighbors; and, if it was hard to avoid the...
Longread: the Irish in Chile – O´Higgins and the Independence War
Brian O´Sullivan is an expert on the O´Higgins region, running O´Higgins Tours. In a series of guest blogs, he writes about “the heart of Chile”: Rancagua and...