FAMAE

FAMAE — Founded 1811

Even though Europeans were endowed with all the right stuff for colonization, namely guns and disease, they had a difficult time going up against Chile. Because even as early as 1578 when Sir Francis Drake tried to colonize Chile, he failed. Why? Chile had the largest, most well-equipped standing army in Latin America.

The colonists inadvertently bolstered Chile’s military might by introducing iron…