 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nharaunda yeChile yave ichigarwa navanhu kubvira munenge muna 3000 BCE. Pakazosvika zana remakore rechi16, vakundi vokuSpain vakatanga kutonga nzvimbo yava kunzi Chile, uye nzvimbo iyi yaiva nyika yavo pakati pa1540 na1818, payakawana rusununguko kubva kuSpain. Kufambira mberi kwezvoupfumi kwenyika kwakatevedzana kuchiratidzwa nokutengeswa kwokutanga kwezvigadzirwa zvokurima, ipapo saltpeter uye gare gare mhangura. Pfuma yezvinhu zvakasvibirira yakatungamirira kukuvandudzika kwezvemari, asi yakatungamirirawo kukuvimba, uye kunyange hondo nenyika dzakavakidzana. Chile yakatongwa mukati memakore ayo akawanda okutanga 150 okuzvimirira nemarudzi akasiyana ehurumende yakaganhurirwa, uko vanhu vakasarudzwa vakaongororwa nokungwarira ndokudzorwa nevakuru. 