2008 in Chile

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2008
in
Chile

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Chile.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

Eruption of the volcano Llaima.

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

Destruction caused by the eruption of Chaitén Volcano.

July[edit]

August[edit]

  • August 29: Putre tragedy, nine girls from the Cumbres School die after the bus overturns.

September[edit]

October[edit]

  • October 3: A 400-gram TNT pump is placed in the offices of the Manufacturing Development Corporation (SOFOFA). Around two thousand people who worked in the building are evacuated. The GOPE manages to deactivate the bomb a few minutes before it explodes. Nobody is convicted of the attempted attack, however, several antisystemic groups are suspected.[7]
  • October 26: Municipal Elections.

November[edit]

December[edit]

Full date unknown[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ninth Region: Llaima Volcano erupts".
  2. ^ "Argentina y Chile ven rally Dakar cmoo oportunidad para aumentar turismo". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05.
  3. ^ "El eclipse de luna de esta noche será el útimo de la década".
  4. ^ "Minuto a minuto: Aumentan a once muertos por tragedia aérea en Peñalolén".
  5. ^ "Cámara de Diputados aprobó acusación constitucional contra Provoste".
  6. ^ "Autoridades evacuan a más de 1.200 personas por erupción del Chaitén".
  7. ^ "Bomba en la Sofofa era "profesional" y pudo dejar varios muertos por esquirlas".
  8. ^ "Carnaval Cultural de Valparaíso en Consejo de Cultura".
  9. ^ "Corazón de Chileno®". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-12-04.