Population: 15,328,467 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Spanish

Background: A three-year-old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, which ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, first implemented by the PINOCHET...

Currency: Chilean Peso (CLP, CLP (477.13 = US$1))

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