In Chile she met personally Bernardo O'Higgins
, the first president of the new republic just struggling free of Spanish rule. Another friend from this period was the brilliant, maverick Lord Cochrane
(later Earl of...
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12 February 1818: Chile (after chafing against the rule of...
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12 February 1818
Chile (after chafing against the rule of Spain since the Spanish monarchy was engulfed in the wake of the French Revolution) was proclaimed an independent republic with Bernardo O'Higgins
as first president.
“Library of Congress Country Studies”. Country Studies/Area Handbook Series, 2003.
