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Today, American culture is a dominant force in Chilean society, and an increase of North American tourists from the United States and Canada in the 1990s and 2000s attracted to the world-renowned scenery and increasing economic opportunity in Chile. Most recently a new addition to the list of notable Chilean Canadian is Mr Mauricio Rodriguez.
Chilean Americans (Spanish: chileno-americanos, chileno-estadounidenses, norteamericanos de origen chileno or estadounidenses de origen chileno) are Americans who have full or partial origin from Chile. According to the 2010 U.S. census, the population of Chilean ancestry was 126,810.
In February 2014, the U.S. government officially announced that it had added Chile to the Visa Waiver Program, enabling all Chilean citizens to travel the United States without payment of a fee beginning in May and making Chile the only nation in Latin America to possess such a privilege, one usually afforded to only the closest allies and ...
Fox News Digital's Ryan Gaydos and Scott Thompson contributed to this report. Original article source: Chilean migrant gangs terrorize Americans with home invasions: what to know Show comments
Washington sent a warship to Chile to protect American interests. The crew of the Baltimore took shore leave at Valparaiso. During the US sailors' shore leave on 16 October 1891, a mob of enraged Chileans angry about the Itata's capture, attacked them. Two American sailors were killed, 17 were wounded and 36 others were jailed.
Immigration to Chile has contributed to the demographics and the history of this South American nation. Chile is a country whose inhabitants are mainly of Iberian , mostly of Andalusian and Basque origin, [ 1 ] and Native American , mostly descended from Mapuche peoples . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "American people of Chilean descent" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
[citation needed] Ironically, Peruvian and Bolivian citizens constitute the bigger immigrant groups in Chile [4] Outside of South America during the California Gold Rush, Chileans experienced a high degree of anti-Chilean sentiment by United States miners. Chilean businesses and mine workers were usually harassed and at times violently attacked.