Acensores, Murals, Pablo Neruda, la Ex-Carcel, Carlos, Pedro, Andres and Protests
May 8th 2006 Valparaíso is definitely my favorite of the sister cities over Viña del Mar. It is rich with culture and history, and has a very San Francisco feel to it. One of my favorite things that I have done so far here are one, going to the Ex-Carcel. This jail was used to house prisoners (both actual criminals and political dissidents) in Agosto Pinochet´s seventeen year dictatorship over Chile. Althou
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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 
