Beatriz O'Brien MadridPamela Poo Cifuentes2026-03-222026-03-22202410.53368/ep68resbr05https://doi.org/10.53368/ep68resbr05https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/78843In Chile, the dictatorship and subsequent democratic governments opened the country’s economy to the world, as a consequence the textile industry came to an end and uncontrolled imports of new and used clothing have resulted in clothing dumps in the Atacama Desert.ClothingClothing industryDictatorshipEconomyBusinessTextile industryInternational tradePolitical scienceDemocracyarticle