1929 in Chile

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The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Chile.

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References

  1. "Alejandro Jodorowsky". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. "Manuel Contreras, head of Chile's spy agency under Pinochet, dies aged 86". The Guardian . 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2024. Born on 4 May 1929 in Santiago, Contreras was a career military man who also helped organise Operation Condor...
  3. "Joaquín Figueroa Larraín" (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile . Retrieved 8 February 2024.