Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuchamhembe kwayo, Chile yakamanikidza kutonga kwayo nekubvisa kutyisidzira kwakakonzerwa nekubatana kweBolivia nePeru panguva yeHondo yeConfederation
(1836-1839), ichiteverwa nokukunda nzvimbo dzakapfuma muminerari dzenyika idzi muAtacama mukati meHondo yePacific (1879-1884) - mukuita kuti Bolivia isapinda mugungwa uye kupamba guta guru rePeru. Kumaodzanyemba kwayo nokumabvazuva, Chile yakashandisa simba rehondo nekoloni kuti itore Araucanía (1861-1883) uye kubudirira kupokana nezvikumbiro zveArgentina pamusoro pePatagonia yekumadokero uye Strait yeMagellan - kutanga kwehondo kwakangodziviswa zvishoma muzviitiko zvakawanda. Kuwedzera kweChile kwakasvika pakuguma nokubatanidzwa kweEaster Island muna 1888, asi zvisaririra zvacho zvakapfuurira zvakanaka kupinda muzana ramakore rechi 20 - somuenzaniso, kudenha kwenyika nharaunda yeAntarctic muna 1940.