January 5 - The Archbishop of Santiago,
Raúl Silva Henríquez, creates the Vicariate of Solidarity.
January 25 - Operation Tucán begins, in which the aim was to organize a group of sympathetic
Human Rights activists, and to incite the
United Nations to generate negative press against the military government of General
Augusto Pinochet.
February
February 8 - The newspaper La Estrella de Arica is founded.
February 9 - The XVII International Song Festival of
Viña del Mar is held. Hosted by Antonio Vodanovic, his debut, and Ana María Thieman.
March 25 - San Pablo Hospital is inaugurated in the city of
Coquimbo.
March 30 - Polla Gol officially begins, a game of chance by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia that is based on guessing the results of the week's soccer matches.
April
May
June
June 4 - The VI Assembly of the
Organization of American States begins, held in the Diego Portales Building in
Santiago. All OAS member countries are presented with the exception of
Mexico. The meeting lasted for 10 days.
July 30 - Apsi magazine begins to circulate, opposing the Military Government.
August
August 6 - The Ministry of the Interior expels from the country the Christian Democrat lawyers and political leaders Jaime Castillo Velasco and the radical Eugenio Velasco Letelier.
September
The Social Democratic Labor Movement is constituted.
September 12 - On a beach in Los Molles (
Valparaíso Region) the body of the communist teacher Marta Ugarte, arrested on August 9, 1976, is found.
January 5 - The Archbishop of Santiago,
Raúl Silva Henríquez, creates the Vicariate of Solidarity.
January 25 - Operation Tucán begins, in which the aim was to organize a group of sympathetic
Human Rights activists, and to incite the
United Nations to generate negative press against the military government of General
Augusto Pinochet.
February
February 8 - The newspaper La Estrella de Arica is founded.
February 9 - The XVII International Song Festival of
Viña del Mar is held. Hosted by Antonio Vodanovic, his debut, and Ana María Thieman.
March 25 - San Pablo Hospital is inaugurated in the city of
Coquimbo.
March 30 - Polla Gol officially begins, a game of chance by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia that is based on guessing the results of the week's soccer matches.
April
May
June
June 4 - The VI Assembly of the
Organization of American States begins, held in the Diego Portales Building in
Santiago. All OAS member countries are presented with the exception of
Mexico. The meeting lasted for 10 days.
July 30 - Apsi magazine begins to circulate, opposing the Military Government.
August
August 6 - The Ministry of the Interior expels from the country the Christian Democrat lawyers and political leaders Jaime Castillo Velasco and the radical Eugenio Velasco Letelier.
September
The Social Democratic Labor Movement is constituted.
September 12 - On a beach in Los Molles (
Valparaíso Region) the body of the communist teacher Marta Ugarte, arrested on August 9, 1976, is found.