History of Chile him to Spain. Thereafter, Pinochet returned to Chile in March 2000. Upon descending the plane on his wheelchair, he stood up and saluted the cheering crowd of supporters, including an army band playing his favorite military march tunes, which was awaiting him at the airport in Santiago. President Ricardo Lagos later commented that the retired general's televised arrival had damaged the image of Chile, while thousands demonstrated against him. The "Concertación" coalition has continued to dominate Chilean politics for last two decades. In January 2006 Chileans elected their first woman president, Michelle Bachelet, of the Socialist Party. She was sworn
Chile–Ireland relations democratically elected President of Chile since before the military dictatorship was President Patricio Aylwin of Irish descent. In the early 1990s, both Chile and Ireland established diplomatic relations and in 2002, Chile opened its first resident embassy in the Irish capital. Presidential visits from Chile to Ireland Presidential visits from Ireland to Chile In 2015, total trade between Chile and Ireland totaled €252 million Euros. 70% of Chilean exports to Ireland is in Chilean wine followed by coffee, tea and grapes. Ireland's main exports to Chile include: cranes, computers, medicine and industrial oil and alcohol. In 2002, Chile and the