Austria–Chile relations

Austrian-Chilean relations

Austria
Chile

Austrian-Chilean relations are foreign relations between Austria and Chile. The first bilateral relations dates back from 1846. Austria has an embassy in Santiago de Chile and 3 honorary consulates (in Arica, Valdivia and Valparaíso). Chile has an embassy in Vienna and 3 honorary consulates (in Linz, Klagenfurt and Salzburg).

History

In 1991, Minister of Foreign Affairs Enrique Silva Cimma was the first Chilean Chancellor to pay an official visit to Austria.[1]

In 1993, Chancellor Franz Vranitzky was the first Chancellor of Austria to pay an official visit to Chile.[1][2]

Since 1999, the bilateral relations were intensified in the context of the bi-regional LAC-EU process.[3]

In 2008, Chancellor of Austria Alfred Gusenbauer paid an official visit to Chile.[3]

Austrian immigration to Chile

In the 19th century, famines in Europe and the expulsion of Protestants from Austria led to waves of Austrian immigration to Latin America. A notable settlement of Tyrolean Protestants in Chile is Los Bajos, Frutillar, in the Llanquihue Province.[4]

The town of New Braunau (Nueva Braunau) near Puerto Varas was named in 1875 by Austro-Hungarian settlers after today's Broumov (German: Braunau).[5]

Chilean coup d'état

As a consequence of the Chilean coup d'état, in 1973 about 1,500 Chilean refugees came to Vienna. In May 2006, the President of Chile Michelle Bachelet met with hundreds of members of the Chilean Viennese community at the Rathaus, Vienna.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Recibimiento A Presidente Del Senado De Austria" (in Spanish). Senate of Chile. 2002-12-11. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Bilaterale Besuche" (in German). Austrian Embassy in Santiago de Chile. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. 1 2 "Latin America and the Caribbean". Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria). Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Tiroler in Südamerika" (in German). Verein der Sprachinselfreunde. Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Bilaterale Beziehungen" (in German). Austrian Embassy in Santiago de Chile. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Bachelet traf Wiener Exilchilenen" (in German). ORF. 2006-05-13. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Bachelet traf hunderte ExilchilenInnen im Wiener Rathaus" (in German). Presse- und Informationsdienst der Stadt Wien. 2006-05-13. Retrieved 2009-03-31.

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