money. All the money goes towards the basics and necessities to feed ourselves. Today like all other days‚ my mother was preparing breakfast for us while I read the local newspaper; the same old stories of minor earthquakes that are ongoing. However‚ this time they had predicted an earthquake that could possibly cause a significant amount of damage. I got frightened‚ so I ask my mother and she replies: “We are alright‚ don’t worry. The news isn’t warning us to evacuate. Where would we go anyway with
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Chile Atacama desert Useful To Find Life On Mars Chile Atacama desert may appear to contain little other than red-dim shakes and sand. However‚ researchers are occupied with hunting here down pieces of information to life in a place it much looks like the Mars. This desert in northern Chile‚ similar to the red planet‚ is hot‚ dusty and to a great degree dry. However life exists here: modest green growth and microscopic organisms that have developed to get by in the dry earth on minimal more than
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Chile is a long‚ skinny country in South America‚ bordering Argentina‚ Bolivia and Peru. Many of you may have heard of it. However‚ it is unlikely that many of you know much about it. How much do you know about Chile’s Independence‚ or its political turmoil in the 60’s and 70’s? In school‚ we have been taking a history class every year since the third grade. Yet how much have we really learned about our world? We have learned a bit about foreign countries in the past few years‚ but how much have
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Chile Chile is located in South America‚ its neighboring countries are Argentina‚ Bolivia‚ and Peru. And its capital is Santiago de Chile. Chile’s most representative historical site is the Memory and Human Rights Museum‚ which was made to conmemorate all the victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Here you can look at different types of things such as: letters of love‚ letters asking for help‚ torture artefacts‚ and many other things. Pinochet`s dictatorship a horrible and desastrous
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South America In 1541‚ the Spanish came to Chile‚ South America and they brought grapes‚ olives‚ walnuts‚ chestnuts‚ rice‚ wheat‚ citrus‚ fruits‚ sugar‚ garlic‚ and spices. They also brought different kinds of meat and dairy such as: sheep‚ sausages‚ chicken‚ beef‚ rabbits‚ pigs‚ milk‚ and cheeses. Most of Chile’s cuisines are influenced by other countries that their settlers have brought over with them. For example‚ their own ingredients and cooking methods. Unlike the US‚ Chileans have
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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake had far reaching implications. Not only was it physically devastating‚ it also changes the landscape of the influential philosophers of the day. It led to the development and solidification of the ideas. No matter how devastating it was physically it had varying affects on the philosophy of the day. It had a wide variety of effects on philosophy‚ religion‚ and science. It pushed some‚ like Voltaire‚ to become more pessimistic‚ while others‚ like Rousseau‚ to become more
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the world and has received numerous awards for her work; she serves as a voice for the Chilean people and their recent history. For the story you are about to read‚ it’s important to know that she is the niece of Salvador Allende‚ the President of Chile from 1970 – 1973. His presidency ended after a bloody coup in which Salvador Allende’s life ended. During his final speech at the Presidential Palace‚ gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the city as opposing forces approached the Palace
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This year again‚ I was preparing my trip to Chile. The holiday vacations were starting in a week‚ and like every other year I was leaving for Christmas. My desire for helping others in need‚ started when I was only 15 years old. That’s when I went on my first humanitarian trip‚ with my school. We left for Chile and built ten houses in two weeks. Since then‚ I have never skipped a year without going on this trip and building houses. The first couple of years I would leave in the summer vacations‚
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A little Coppermine located in Chile‚ had a cave that caused thirty-three miners to be trapped underground on August 5‚ 2010. The miners did not have enough oxygen‚ water‚ or food; while trapped no one was sure if the miners would live through this catastrophic event. The miner were trapped in the cave for four days; there were no signs that these miners were still living during this event. Luck struck these families of the mine workers when in tears; were replaced by complete happiness when all
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EARTHQUAKE HAZARD STUDY - PANAMA Aaron Lai + Eva Fong INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT: Panama is a small country located in Central America‚ next to Costa Rica (refer to Map 1).1 This Latin American country has a population of 3‚608‚431 people.2 Panama is also located on a minor tectonic plate called the Panama Microplate. With reference to Map 2‚ the Panama Microplate is surrounded by four other tectonic plates: the Cocos plate‚ the Caribbean plate‚ the Nazca plate‚ and the South American plate. Due
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