One was former Chilean president Ramón Freire, exiled from Chile after attempting to re-take power in a coup.
After failing in his purpose, he was imprisoned in the port of Valparaíso, court-martialled, and exiled first to the island of Juan Fernández, and afterwards to Tahiti and in 1837 temporarily settled in Australia.
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During his administration he promoted some initiatives of enormous impact, such as the abolition of slavery, the reorganization of the defense system of the port of Valparaíso and the opening of the Chilean markets to world commerce.
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In 1816 he joined the Army of the Andes, and returned to Chile as a battalion commander through the Planchón Pass (in southern Chile), occupying the city of Talca on February 11, 1817.
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An orphan from early age, he was raised in a hacienda by his maternal uncles near the town of Colina.
Ramón Vargas | Juan Ramón Jiménez | Ramon Magsaysay | Ramon Magsaysay Award | Ramon Fernandez | Paulo Freire | Santiago Ramón y Cajal | José Ramón Alexanko | San Ramon, California | Ramon Mitra, Jr. | Ramon Llull | San Ramón | San Ramon | Ramon Berenguer II | Ramón Ayala | San Ramón, Costa Rica | Ramón Ruiz | Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona | Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona | José Ramón Florez | Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla | Ramon "RJ" Jacinto | Ramon Revilla | Ramón Orlando | Ramón Menéndez Pidal | Ramón Luis Rivera | Ramon Jacinto | Ramón Freire | Ramón Emeterio Betances | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona |
In the Chilean Civil War of 1829 the Pipiolos led by Ramón Freire were defeated and the Pelucones could triumphantly enforce the Chilean Constitution of 1833 which led to creation of a strong unitarian and authoritarian presidentialist system held up by upper-class democracy.