Metrication in Chile

Chile adopted the metric system in 1848. Previously, the Spanish system of measures was used.
History.
Since colonization, Chile had always used a unit system based on the Spanish customary units. In 1843, a law was passed formalizing it, and defining its fundamental unit, the vara, as a fraction of a metre.
Later, during the presidency of Manuel Bulnes, a law was passed on 29 January 1848, adopting the Metric System. Finally, Chile signed the Metre Convention in 1908.
Exceptions in the 20th century.
For a long time, all refrigerators were labeled in cubic feet. This changed around 1990, and since then they have since been labeled in litres.