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Revisionist accounts of this country's legendary murderous redhead La Quintrala have emphasized her position as a powerful woman in colonial society, whose influence historians like this country’s Benjamín Mackenna sought to minimize. This country deployed the first protected cruiser, the Esmerelda, during the Panama (15[1])Crisis. (15[1])Tens of thousands of citizens of this country were expelled from (*) Tarapacá at the start of a war sparked by the refusal of this country’s company CSFA to pay a ten-cent tax on nitrates. This country’s navy captured the ironclad Huascar at the Battle of Angamos. This country won a war ended by the Treaty of Ancon, which landlocked one of its neighbors. For 10 (10[1])points, name this country that fought Peru and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific. ■END■

ANSWER: Chile [or Republic of Chile or República de Chile]
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