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
The Greens (Chile) The Greens (Chile) The Greens () was an ecologist political party of Chile, existent from 1987 to 1990, when merged with the Humanist Party into the Humanist Green Alliance. In the mid 1980s, Chilean environmental groups begin to participate in political activity through the Future Green ecopacifistas groups, inspired by the Community for Human Development, cultural wing of the Humanist Movement in the country. After two years of activism, they decided in 1987 constituted as a political party, taking the name of "The Greens". Its leaders were environmentalists Andrés Koryzma (who took over as president), Mario Aguilar and Ana L'Homme.