Back in May, I got an email from Mary Garay, the band director for a middle school in Maryland. She needed the sheet music for the Chilean national anthem because of the expected arrival of Chilean President Bachelet. That inquiry lead to my response which I posted earlier.
This last week, Chilean President Bachelet visited that [...]
Posted June 9, 2006 in In the News | Comments Off
During my time in Santiago, I loved riding the yellow buses called micros. These always lead to interesting adventures. The old micro system is transforming itself to a new modern and more efficient public transportation system called Transantiago.
Reduced Congestion
Old micro bus routes often overlapped and caused extra traffic. Transantiago is founded on a more efficient [...]
Posted May 7, 2006 in In the News, Travel | Comments Off
April 27 marks the anniversary of Chile’s police force, the Carabineros. The national police force was founded on April 27, 1927 by General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo by uniting the regional and local police forces into a nationalized organization. The carabineros are tasked with maintaining public order and enforcing laws.
Posted April 24, 2006 in In the News | Comments Off
Recent reports out of Chile look promising:
President Michelle Bachelet announced a new plan to professionalize Chile’s Army and abolish obligatory military service within the next five to ten years. The program is part of a general trend to modernize Chile’s entire Armed Forces.
This is a great step in the right direction. The obligatory draft in [...]
Posted April 6, 2006 in In the News | Comments Off
Recent news indicates that Barrick Gold Corp. will be mining gold from high in the Andes Mountains. The impressive part of this announcement is that they’ll be moving glaciers to reach their objective.
Barrick had planned to expose the gold under the ice by breaking up part of the glacirs and dumping the ice in nearby [...]
Posted February 27, 2006 in In the News | 2 Comments »