After reading about the Chilean Flag, Alejandro wrote and asks:
Why weren’t the previous revisions of the flag made official? What does the star on Chile’s flag mean?
One previous revision was not made official and soon disappeared, among other reasons, because if was confused with Holland’s flag.
The star represents the powers of the State that watches […]
Posted September 26, 2006 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Comments Off
Miss Chile US Latina Adriana Sepulveda emailed and asked for some help in funding her trip to the National Finals. Adriana is currently studying at my alma mater Brigham Young University and needs to pay her own travel expenses to Massachusetts for the pageant this upcoming September 29, 2006.
If you’d like to donate, please send […]
Posted September 16, 2006 in Ask Pepe | Comments Off
Unfortunately, I never saw a Copihue, the national flower of Chile, during my stay. This is because I spent most of my time in Santiago and the Copihue is native of southern Chile. As you can see, it is a very beautiful flower:
According to wikipedia:
The Copihue (Lapageria rosea), also known as the Chilean Bellflower and […]
Posted September 7, 2006 in Culture | Comments Off
