santiago skyline

santiago: weather update

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June 1st 2008
After 6 months without even a hint of rain, fall showed up in mid May. They say it always arrives in May, but being from the Northern Hemisphere, this still seems ridiculous. Nevertheless, fall arrived drizzling, then dumping cold wet rain. For six days, there was a genuine attempt to right the summer’s deficiency of rain. The muddy smelly Mapocho running down from the Andes grew turgid and ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more