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weekend in august

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August 23rd 2008
It is Monday in august in Santiago. Friday was a holiday in honor of the Virgin. I would assume that would be the Immaculate Conception one, but I can’t claim to know the Catholic pantheon that makes a regular habit of mercifully intervening into the ‘work’ week. (Microsoft Word apparently is more religiously sensitive. The green line has appeared under ‘immaculate conception’ recomm ... 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