Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement, Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces, Lautaro Youth Movement - a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impovrished youths

Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front - a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party

OAS, Organization of American States - an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

South American country, South American nation - countries occupying the South American continent

Patagonia - region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic

Antofagasta - a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile

Chiloe - the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile

capital of Chile, Gran Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Santiago - the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America

Punta Arenas - a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world

Temuco - a city in central Chile south of Concepcion

Valparaiso - the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile

Vina del Mar - a resort city on the Pacific in central Chile

Tierra del Fuego - an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina

Cape Horn - a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

Atacama Desert - a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits

Guallatiri - the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959

Lascar - a volcano in the Andes in Chile

Tupungatito - an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959

Andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast

El Muerto - a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high)

Llullaillaco - a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high)

Ojos del Salado - a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high)

South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama

Tupungato - a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high)

Chilean - a native or inhabitant of Chile

hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits

jalapeno pepper, jalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico

cayenne, cayenne pepper - a long and often twisted hot red pepper

chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano

Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red