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
Miss World Chile Miss World Chile Miss World Chile (Spanish: Miss Mundo Chile) is a national Beauty pageant which has been held sporadically since 1963, responsible for selecting Chile's representative to Miss World. Chile has sent 41 representatives, has had three Miss World Semi-Finalists and One Quarter-Finalist. In 1998, Daniella Campos won the title of Queen of the Americas and in 2011 Gabriela Pulgar won the Talent Competition The first Miss World Chile was selected from a small group of contestants by an Argentinian company that had the franchise for five South American countries. During the early 80's and to the late 90's,