Time Line

Timeline of Important/Historical Events

1. 1948-58: Communist party banned
2. 1973: Gen Agusto Pinochet alleged in CIA sponsored co up and proceeds to establish a BRUTAL dictatorship
3. 1988: Gen Pinochet loses a referendunm in whether he should remain in power
4. 2006 August: Chile and China sign a trade-free deal, Bejing's first in South America
5. 2006 December: Pinochet Dies