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OTL there was a war scare in 1885 between Chile and the USA over the US support of a rebellion in Panama. At the time Chile was considered to have the strongest fleet in the Pacific, Chile ended up winning the crisis diplomatically as the US retreated. If Chile and the US went to war, and the US...

For my very first on Alternatehistory.com, he is the challenge of this post: One needs to select two random historical figures and have these two figures switch places. What is meant by "switch places" is that their nationalities, birthplaces, roles in history, reasons for fame, occupations...

Looking at Salvador Allende, let’s say that he defeated Frei in 1964 instead of defeating Alessandri in 1970. As Vietnam war breaks out, he has to make a decision: send troops to Vietnam or not. Would it be plausible for Allende to send tr Either Vietnam? What would be a realistic fallout if...

Hello, this is my first post!, sorry if it's not the place where I can introduce myself, I just couldn't find it. This is a story I wrote with some friends several years ago - despite some improvementes through the years , well...I actually wrote it with 2 more friends, and it was posted in...

December 19th, 1985 - Magellan Strait "Warzone Charli" Trenches have been set in the surroundings of the city of Punta Arenas, near the town of "tres puentes" north of the city there is constant fire between infantry, several companies have tried to advance, only to be met with astonishing...

September 11th, 1973 - Santiago de Chile General Augusto Pinochet, Army General of the Chilean Army leads a Military Coup against socialist elected president Salvador Allende, at 9 am, that day, two fighters model Hawker Hunter dropped bombs in the Palace of La Moneda, destroying it, there is...

September 11th, 1973 - Santiago de Chile General Augusto Pinochet, Army General of the Chilean Army leads a Military Coup against socialist elected president Salvador Allende, at 9 am, that day, two fighters model Hawker Hunter dropped bombs in the Palace of La Moneda, destroying it, there is...

How could the Spanish viceroyalties avoid breaking up and forming smaller countries after independence? They may lose some territory but overall the new country should be a modern version of the original viceroyalty. Mexico never loses it's southern territories, Gran Colombia remains intact...

On September 7, 1986, members of the Chilean urban guerilla organization known as the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front ambushed a motorcade carrying Augusto Pinochet, the country's dictator at the time. Five soldiers were killed and eleven were wounded in the ambush, but while the guerillas...

Twelve years before his OTL election as president of Chile, Salvador Allende almost accomplished that exact same feat in 1958, but he lost to Jorge Alessandri (who he would eventually defeat in 1970) by a margin of less than 3%. What if he won? How different would this hypothetical presidency...

After the 1988, rather than surprisingly accepting it as otl, Pinochet refuses to step down and starts a white terror campaign to cement his rule and wipe out further opposition. The Catholic Church goes from criticizing the dictatorship to actively opposing it and does everything short of...

To start with, the story of Chile’s recovery and transition from dictatorship to democracy would have been very different. Pinochet’s election to the presidency in 1980 could have been viewed as a liberalization and democratization that could have transformed Chile. Instead, a more-authoritarian...

Prologue: Daydreaming November, 1878 Paris, France Constantino Serrano, Captain in the Chilean Army and Military Attaché was thirsty. He could endure a march of a day without much trouble, but the energy of his company still left her expended. Mademoiselle Dominique Demolle, a charming...

What are you predictions/opinions/other if the people below lived longer (like up to 90 years or age)? Enrico Mattei Adriano Olivetti Aldo Moro Fuad I of Egypt Thomas Sankara Che Guevara Thomas Lumumba Sir Seretse Khama Abdullah I of Jordan Bruce Lee Yukio Mishima Salvador Allende Peron...

I will keep this short. Let's say that, after Chile declares its independence from Spain, they decide to have a constitutional monarchy in order to preserve order and civility in the political scene and to avoid the failed republics and constant coups and civil wars that happen in other Latin...

In this What If scenario, where Alessandri won the election with first relative majority, and then the Congress confirmed his victory (thanks PDC support), what you think would happen next? I mean, Allende's Popular Unity will collapse or survives enough for 1976 election? The PDC will seek new...

Hi folks! This is my first post on this board, so apologies if I've made any mistakes e.g. posting in the wrong forum, question asked previously. My question is, what is the latest plausible POD that would allow for a British Patagonia? Of course, the 1806-1807 Invasions of the River Plate...

La Plata, under the Saavedra Junta, one of the longest military governments in history, has been one of the most successful states in the New World, rivaling the USA and Gran Colombia. dominating the southern Andes and the Southern Cone. But this wasn't inevitable, and your goal is to prevent...

There are a multiple ways in which Chile, which had the similar economic potential early in the 20th century as Australia and New Zealand, could have infinitely become better off than the mess it has become in the past 50-plus years. I find some the best ways are: 1. Avoid the severe...

In our timeline the southern Chile-Argentina border runs west to east before turning roughly east-southeast to Punta Dungeness, going across the Strait of Magellan, and then south down Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego to the Beagle Channel. So is there any way to have the border instead continue...