Chile is a narrow strip of land that is situated between the North Pacific Ocean in the west and the Andes Mountain in the east with coordinates 30 00 S and 71 00 W. Chile is also located in the Pacific Ring of Fine‚ sharing a land boundary with Argentina in the east‚ Bolivia in the north-east and Peru in the north. (Maps of World‚ 2015). Besides its mainland territory‚ Chile has islands located on the Pacific Ocean. Santiago sits 3724 km (2314 miles) from the equator (Date and Time‚ 2017).
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Chile had been engulfed in an authoritarian period for years. This came to a halt in the 1960s‚ when social movements began to emerge prompting many to question existing social and political policies. The US had previously been involved in funding political campaigns‚ but relations turned sour in 1970. Salvador Allende won the presidency under the platform that more would be given to the citizens of Chile‚ as opposed to foreign investors. After becoming a socialist state‚ many of the reforms under
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ChileFrom 1973 - 1977‚ there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th‚ 1973 when Chilean commander in chief‚ Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende’s economic plan. With it‚ inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing
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Introducción Musimundo fue fundado en el año 1952. El primer local fue una modesta tienda instalada en Villa Devoto por la familia Garber la cual vendía diferentes productos relacionados con la música. Tiempo después sería Natalio Garber quien se hiciera cargo de la empresa. En 1982 la marca adopta el nombre de Musimundo con la cual se posicionó como líderes del rubro discográfico en Argentina. El gran auge de Musimundo sucedió cuando Natalio trajo el CD y los reproductores para escucharlo. De
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INB 355 | Country Risk Analysis | CHILE | | Prepared for : ADk | 3/25/2013 | Prepared By: RUBAIYA ZUBER ID# 1010110 030 Section# 01 Prepared By: RUBAIYA ZUBER ID# 1010110 030 Section# 01 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to take this opportunity to thank my honorable faculty Mr. Abdur Rob Khan for assigning us with a project as this country risk analysis. The process of compiling all the data and analyzing each attribute using international standard data taught us a great deal
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Earthquake in Chile Natural disasters occur all over the world every year‚ devastating millions of people. On February 27‚ 2010‚ tragedy struck millions of lives throughout Chile. An earthquake lasting nearly three minutes with a magnitude of 8.8 destroyed an estimated 500‚000 homes‚ schools‚ hospitals‚ and other buildings‚ leaving countless Chileans homeless (Kurczy). This earthquake was 500 times stronger than the earthquake that occurred in Haiti‚ and caused severe damage in central Chile (Kurczy)
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How does Chile transition from democracy to a brutal 17 year dictatorship in one day? Some scholars argue that the end of democracy was a result of international interference from countries such as the United States and Cuba. Others insist that the abuse of authority and democratic process was the cause. Even though these are sound arguments‚ I do not believe that these claims go far back enough in Chile’s history to find the beginning of the problem. In this paper I argue that the breakdown of democracy
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Philip Kurian 2603275 LAH 4734 “Machuca‚ 2004” Directed by Andres Wood – Chile Setting: For the Machuca film‚ the setting for it was taken place in the city of Santiago de Chile. It was based around a private preparatory school called Colegio Saint Patrick; Jesuits ran the school. Summary: The Machuca film was in Colegio Saint George that was a private school that taught English
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Pedagogía Media en Inglés Abortion in Chile Natalia Sánchez Solís Inglés en el Contexto Académico‚ Text & Use Miss Paulina Tapia 10/04/13 Why is abortion in Chile illegal without exception? In order to fully understand and choose our beliefs for this topic‚ it is compulsory to take some things into consideration. First‚ not only how this crime is punished but also how guilty people are regarding their role in a possible abortion. Then‚ how women are thinking about abortion nowadays
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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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