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| | (See 1938–41)| | | 1946, Sept. 4 |
| | | Gabriel González Videla was elected president by a leftist bloc to succeed Don Juan A. Ríos (1942–46). His cabinet included Socialists and Communists, who later dropped out as the regime moved to the Right. | 1 |
| | | 1947, Oct |
| | | Communist-led strikes brought the arrest of 200 Communists and a break in diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. | 2 |
| | | 1948, Sept 2 |
| | | The Communist Party was outlawed, but strikes and disorders continued. | 3 |
| | | 1949 |
| | | Women were granted the vote. | 4 |
| | | March |
| | | Parliamentary elections gave the government coalition a majority. | 5 |
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