Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A arewacinsa, Chile ta sanya ikonta ta hanyar kawar da barazanar da ƙungiyar Bolivia da Peru ke haifarwa yayin Yaƙin Confederation
(1836-1839), wanda ya biyo bayan cin nasarar yankuna masu arzikin ma'adinai na waɗannan ƙasashe a cikin Atacama a lokacin Yaƙin Pacific (1879-1884) <unk>a cikin aikin barin Bolivia ba tare da ruwa ba kuma ya sace babban birnin Peru. Zuwa kudu da gabas, Chile ta yi amfani da karfin soja da mulkin mallaka don mamaye Araucanía (1861-1883) kuma ta yi nasarar jayayya da da'awar Argentina a yammacin Patagonia da kuma Magellan Strait - barkewar yaƙin da aka kauce masa sau da yawa. Tsarin fadada Chile ya kusan kai ga haɗewar tsibirin Easter a shekara ta 1888, amma ragowar ta ci gaba har zuwa karni na 20<unk> "misali", da'awar ƙasar a kan yankin Antarctic a 1940.