[20220419]IF10880_智利：概述.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 19, 2022Chile: An OverviewChile, located along the Pacific coast of South America, traditionally has been one of the United States closest partners in Latin America. The countrys transition to a higher level of economic development has enabled it to play a more active role in foreign affairs, often in collaboration with the United States. Figure 1. Chile at a Glance Sources: CRS Graphics; Instituto Nacional de Estadsticas; Latinobarmetro; International Monetary Fund; Trade Data Monitor; and Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia. Political and Economic Situation Chile has a long democratic tradition but experienced 17 years of authoritarian rule after a 1973 military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet deposed the democratically elected Socialist government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973). More than 3,200 people were killed or “disappeared” and some 38,000 people were imprisoned and/or tortured during the Pinochet dictatorship. Chile restored democracy in 1990, following a 1988 plebiscite. Center-left and center-right coalitions dominated Chilean politics for three decades following the transition. Center-left coalitions h