Chile–Poland relations was founded and they had their own magazine called "Polak w Chile" (Polish People in Chile). On 25 May 1962, Poland opened a commercial office in Santiago and on 7 January 1965, both nations elevated their diplomatic relations to an embassy. On 10 October 1973, soon after the Chilean coup d'état, diplomatic relations between Chile and Poland were severed by Chilean General Augusto Pinochet who was a staunch anti-communist. After democracy was restored to Chile in 1989, both nations re-established diplomatic relations on 11 March 1990. In 1995, former Polish President Lech Wałęsa paid a visit to Chile to partake
University of Chile Student Federation University of Chile Student Federation The University of Chile Student Federation ("Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile" [abbr. FECh]) is an organization that represents all the students enrolled in undergraduate and post-graduate courses at the University of Chile. The student organizations of the different undergraduate schools are also federated within the FECh. Camila Vallejo Dowling, a graduate student in geography from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile, assumed the post president of FECh in November 2010. She was defeated in her bid for re-election on 7 December 2011 by Gabriel Boric, a Law