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When you think about Chile as a nation of authors, you find that there have been great works of literature that have been enhancing the Chilean culture for a long time. Chile not only has Nobel Prize-winning poets but also authors who have gained international fame through their works of literature and poetry. They are [...]
Posted March 6, 2013 in History | Add Your Comment »
Valdivia in Southern Chile is a beautiful city on the river Calle Calle. The Valdivia area is surrounded by colonial age forts and battlements that date back to the Spanish occupation of this region of Chile. A recently published book entitled Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Age: 1776–1914 Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics features a [...]
Posted January 13, 2010 in History | Add Your Comment »
Chile’s length as a country depends on who you ask. Chile stretches from near Visviri (it’s northernmost populated area) and the Tripartite border with Bolivia and Peru, south to Águila Islet of the Diego Ramirez Islands in the cold waters of the Drake Passage. If you consider that Chile claims a piece of Antarctica, then [...]
Posted June 10, 2009 in Culture, History | Add Your Comment »
One of Chile’s legends is how the country was created by the hand of God: In the beginning of time, God created the wonders of the world. When he was finished, he saw that he had many leftover pieces. He had parts of rivers and valleys, of oceans and lakes, of glaciers and deserts, of [...]
Posted June 3, 2009 in Culture, History | 1 Comment »
One of the thing that surprised me during my stay in Chile was that the news would show the weather forecast for Antarctica. The reason for this is that Chile claims a piece of Antarctica as Chilean territory. So naturally, they would report the weather for it just as they would any other part of [...]
Posted May 13, 2009 in History | 4 Comments »
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