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| b. Chile |
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(See 1938–41)| |
| 1946, Sept. 4 |
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| 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 |
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| 1947, Oct |
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| Communist-led strikes brought the arrest of 200 Communists and a break in diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. | 2 |
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| 1948, Sept 2 |
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| The Communist Party was outlawed, but strikes and disorders continued. | 3 |
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| 1949 |
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| Women were granted the vote. | 4 |
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| March |
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| Parliamentary elections gave the government coalition a majority. | 5 |
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