Manuel Jesús Baquedano González was a Chilean soldier and politician, who served as Commander-in-chief of the Army during the War of the Pacific, and briefly as President of Chile during the civil war of 1891.
Manuel Baquedano
Manuel Baquedano, by Pedro Subercaseaux.
Manuel Baquedano on horseback (1891)
Monument to Baquedano in Plaza Baquedano, Santiago.
The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade.
Noncommissioned Officers' School on parade, 19 September 2014
Chilean soldiers burning books considered communist after the coup d'état (1973)
Ceremony for the Nativity of Bernardo O'Higgins in 2012
A mounted military band of the Chilean Army in 2011