Chile–Italy relations
{'<entity_0>': 'Chile–Italy relations', '<entity_1>': 'Chile', '<entity_2>': 'Italy'}
[['Chile–Italy relations', 'country', 'Chile'], ['Chile–Italy relations', 'country', 'Italy']]
<entity_0> refers to the current and historical relations between the <entity_1> and the <entity_2>. The relationship between <entity_1> and <entity_2> is based on a long history of contacts that have taken place at the political level, but also due to the presence of an important Italian community in <entity_1> and Chileans in <entity_2>. In January 1864, <entity_1> recognized the newly unified <entity_2> when then Chilean President José Joaquín Pérez sent a letter in response to King Vittorio Emanuele II request for recognition. The Prince's main visit to <entity_1> (and other South American nations) was part of a political plan of fascism to link the Italian people living outside of <entity_2> with their mother country. In 1943 during World War II, <entity_1> declared war on the Axis powers (which included <entity_2>) and citizens of enemy nations were interred at Pisagua internment camp. Between 1973 and 1989, <entity_2> did not appoint an Ambassador to <entity_1>. In 2002, <entity_1> signed a free trade agreement with the European Union (which includes <entity_2>).
['bilateral relation']