Itata and Baltimore incidents

United States-Chilean history
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1891

Itata and Baltimore incidents, (1891), two serious occurrences involving the United States and Chile, the first taking place during and the second shortly after the Chilean civil war of 1891. The civil war was precipitated by a conflict between the Chilean Congress and President José Manuel Balmaceda, in which the navy supported the insurgent Congress and the army backed the president. The U.S. government openly favoured Balmaceda. The rebels, faced with a shortage of arms, purchased some in San Diego, Calif., and loaded them on the Chilean ship Itata. U.S. officials, claiming that the purchase violated their country’s neutrality, attempted ...(100 of 300 words)