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During the 1990s, Chile's economy improved and social liberalization continued. Pinochet remained commander-in-chief until 1997. In 1998 British authorities arrested Pinochet after a Spanish judge applied for his extradition on charges of “crimes of genocide and terrorism”. In 2000, following a long legal dispute, Pinochet returned to Chile on grounds of illness. Later that year, Ricardo Lagos became the first socialist president since Allende. In 2001, a Chilean court ruled that Pincohet was unfit to stand trial.EconomyChile is a lower-middle-income developing nation (2000 GDP per capita, US$10,100).
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Numerous Spanish settlements were built in central Chile, and their population base eventually exceeded one million. Those initial settlers suffered repeated attacks (often brutal) by Araucanians, and that remained a serious (hard to control) problem into the 19th century.
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There are several indigenous languages spoken in Chile; Mapudungun, Quechua, Rapa Nui, Huilliche, Aimará, Kawésqar and Yámana. After the Spanish invasion, Spanish took over as the lingua franca and the indigenious languages have become minority languages, with some now extinct or close to extinction.
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