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Published on: Wednesday 13 October 2010
I have been visiting Chile since 1991 and had learned quite a bit about Bernardo O’Higgins, who had a most significant impact on the politics and culture of Latin America and on Chile in particular.
News Chile » Libertador Bernado OHiggins » Social: How the illegitimate son of a Sligo man became the father of Chilean independence
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Published on: Tuesday 22 July 2025
The Irish diaspora has left its mark all over the world, but it has arguably never had such an influence as it did in Chile during the 19th century. Chile was a Spanish colony at the turn of the 19th ...