Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolívar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes.
Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.
Melchor de Santiago-Concha y Toro, known as Melchor Concha y Toro was a Chilean businessman, lawyer, and politician, and Marquess of Casa Concha by the Spanish Crown.
Pedro Félix Vicuña Aguirre was a Chilean journalist and one of the founders in 1827 of the newspaper El Mercurio de Valparaíso, the oldest existing newspaper in Spanish language. He was also a liberal writer and politician.
Fontecilla is a family name found in Spain, Italy, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, The United States, and Canada.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile is one of the five Latin Metropolitan sees of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile.
Marcos Maturana del Campo was a Chilean military and political figure who served in the Chilean War of Independence and the War of the Confederation.
The Chilean Declaration of Independence is a document declaring the independence of Chile from the Spanish Empire. It was drafted in January 1818 and approved by Supreme Director Bernardo O'Higgins on 12 February 1818 at Talca, despite being dated in Concepción on 1 January 1818. The ceremony of independence was performed on 12 February 1818, the first anniversary of the Battle of Chacabuco.
Alejandro Matías Luis Ignacio Reyes Cotapos was a Chilean lawyer and politician.
José Antonio Gandarillas Luco was a Chilean lawyer and Liberal politician.
José Miguel Barriga Castro was a Chilean lawyer, politician and surveyor. He was the son of Don Juan Agustín Barriga and Margarita Castro. On May 24, 1844, he married Trinidad Espinoza Plaza de los Reyes in Cauquenes.
Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate was a Chilean historian, politician, and writer. He was the brother of fellow historian Gregorio Víctor Amunátegui Aldunate.
Eugenio Cruz Vargas was a notable Chilean poet and painter. His art was developed under the naturalistic landscape and abstraction, and his collection of poems under the concepts of surrealism and culminate in the literary creationism.)
The office of Captain General of Catalonia was created in 1713 by the Nueva Planta decrees of King Philip V of Spain to replace that of Viceroy of Catalonia.
José Victorino Lastarria was a Chilean writer, legislative deputy, senator, diplomat, and finance minister.
Ministry of the Navy was a government department of Spain that was tasked with oversight of the Spanish Navy and existed in multiple reincarnations before being finally dissolved in 1977, when its functions were merged with the Ministry of Defense by Adolfo Suárez.
Marcos Segundo Maturana Molina was a Chilean military and art collector. Given his service in the War of the Pacific against Peru and Bolivia he is regarded a war hero by the Chilean army. Maturana is known for organising the National Museum of Paintings of Santiago, currently known as the National Museum of Fine Arts of Santiago de Chile.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is a ministry of the government of Venezuela with similar portfolios dating back to 1810 with the creation of a tax office. When Gran Colombia was dissolved and Venezuela assumed its independence, the Ministry of Finance was created in 1830 when General José Antonio Páez commissioned the establishment of the public business office to three Secretariats of State: Interior, Justice and Police, War and Navy, Finance, and Foreign Relations. The current minister has been Delcy Rodríguez since September 2020.
