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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Chile
Index
A church in Chíuchíu in northern Chile
Courtesy Embassy of Chile, Washington
Members of the first political parties, the
Conservatives
(pelucones, or bigwigs) and the Liberals
(pipiolos,
or novices), began to coalesce around the church-state
issue. Not
only more favorably inclined toward the church, the
Conservatives
were also more sympathetic than the Liberals toward the
colonial
legacy, authoritarian government, the supremacy of
executive
powers, and a unitary state. After their victory at the
Battle of
Lircay, the Conservatives took charge, spearheaded by a
Valparaíso
merchant, Diego Portales Palazuelos.
Data as of March 1994
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