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
Constitutional Court of Chile three years, and can not be re-elected. The Constitutional Court can work as a United Court ("Pleno") or divided in two Chambers ("Salas"). In the event a quorum is below the legally required, deputy ministers ("ministros suplentes"), or substitute attorneys ("abogados integrantes") are designated. The court's president has the power to break a tie. Constitutional Court of Chile The Constitutional Court of Chile ("Tribunal Constitucional de Chile" in Spanish) is Chile's constitutional tribunal. It is not part of the judicial branch and is functionally independent of the Congress and the President. The Constitutional Court was created in 1970, under the