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Background: 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 independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-84), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern lands. A three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, have contributed to steady growth and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation.

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By spidermiss
November 1st 2008

Two Hotels in One Day!!

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Dawn at El Huerto
Having lunch at one of my fave veggie cafes.

My flight to Santiago via Paris was pretty uneventful and, of course, long!! 13 hours+!!! Met a friendly chap on my Manchester to Paris flight who was going to Argentina (his wife was Argentine). We exchanged travel plans and he gave me some trips travelling through Argentina. He also correct my pronunctations such as BAR-LI-OCHE. There were also a large group of rugby players who were touring in Santiago and Vina Del Mar. On my way to the hotel, I purchased my ticket for Puerto Varas. For a cama seat, it works out only 25 GBP! Those prices, I won´t pay [View Full Entry]

By IanMcL
October 5th 2008

In South America

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Pete and Chris

Hi all - Ian here. Fine flight over - LAN passed with flying colours. First surrise was the sight of the southern Andes as we hit the continent well south of Santiago, and had the good fortune to be on the right side of the plane. Magnificent, Rugged peaks and plenty of snow. Santiago seems to be a great place, and we had our first afternoon off, but Ted, our leader suggested we keep going, so we had a great walk around the city and topped it off with a chairlift ride to the highest close peak for a great vista [View Full Entry]

By JzuJzu
July 12th 2008

estoy aqui

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Im am here, and am sooooo happy to have internet. I don´t have any pics yet, that will have to waite unti i have a computor i can use more than 10 min. I just wanted to let you all know i am safe and happy. I will buy a telefono celular, so i will send the nuber when i can. Santiago is soooo huge, but i have already learned the metro system. I have class mon thru friday.my host family will pick me up from the hotel on monday, and i am excited to meet them. tonight is the first [View Full Entry]

By QCLC
June 30th 2008

Santiago a blending of the old and nutria

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Street Venders
Is this just a bad Seinfeld episode?

So after a rather lengthy flight we arrived in Santiago. I have to say that there are two things that started us off on the wrong foot. First baggage allowance is 20 kg (44 pounds). As I am staring at this ticket agent I am thinking come on, you are a woman, you know how we pack. WHO PACKS 40 POUNDS FOR 6 WEEKS AWAY? Ok, so we are having our first big OH God before we even leave L.A. Second, the flight landed in Santiago at 5:30 am. The check in for the hotel is 2 pm. Eric and I [View Full Entry]

By Sal Paradise
May 28th 2008

Exploring the City

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La Chascona

Hola! On the second day of our trip we ventured out from Barrio Brasil and explored the greater Santiago metropolitan area, primarly the congested Providencia and the bohemian Barrio Bellavista (pronounced Be-yell-vista). I was very excited to visit Bellavista as i knew it was the Santiago home of Chilean Poet and activist Pablo Neruda. After successfully using our basic spanish to purchase a ticket and unsuccessfully attempting to use what is actually a very efficient underground train system, we disembarked at Baquedano station. We headed across the horrible city river where we found ours [View Full Entry]

By worldin12
April 25th 2008

Mon 21 April - Chile

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So departures and farewells over we set off from Auckland airport on this great excursion that for the next 12 months will see us traverse 6 continents, 32 countries, 31 flights, travel on 4 cruises, 2 ferries, 3 trains, taxis, public buses, 4-wheel drives, rental cars, camels, donkeys and whatever form of transport we can lay our hands on. Accommodation along the way, like everything else, will vary from the sublime to the ridiculous. Our expectations are that we will follow the sun and seasons around the globe. Our first stop, Santiago in Chile. We arrived early in the afternoon after [View Full Entry]

By cor726
April 14th 2008

26 hrs of Flying and Cabie who can't read a gas gauge

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Tow Truck on Santiago Freeway

Left Regina at 9:00 am on Saturday and arrived in Santiago, Chile on Sunday at 10:30 AM EST. We cleared customs and found no one at the Alamo counter to help us apply for permits for Argentina. Also found out that we cannot get seats on our LAN flight until 2 hrs before boarding time. Hopefully it will all work out. We will be at the airport for 5:30AM on Tues to ensure we get on our flight to Easter Island. Taxi Cab ran out of gas half way between the Airport and the Hotel on the freeway. So the cabie [View Full Entry]

By the ro3z of life
April 12th 2008

a quiet saturday arvo in Santiago

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river santiago
The brown river in santiago

Well I think I have settled down enough to start thinking of what to do next and where to go. I am thinking of doing a 1 week intensive spanish course. I didn't realise how difficult it was going to be with the language thingo. Anyway I think I'm over my emotional lag and jet lag. Today, I went to market which was only about five blocks away. It would have been nice to have been a woman because it was mainly all womens clothes and accessories, But all in all it was a pretty good market. Tomorrow I'm doing the [View Full Entry]

By the ro3z of life
April 10th 2008

And so I arrive

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fat camel
this is the fat camel hostel in downtown auckland, a very colourful hostel

Hi everyone well I arrived two hours before I took off from Auckland, how that works I'm not real sure but I am in the past as far as Australian time is concerned, about 14 hours in the past to be precise. The people of Santiago are so happy. I went out to a street restaurant tonight and they are on every corner here. Carlos was serving me and boy the service was really good and so was the steak. At one stage it broke into a hale and paice sketch with the language thing, but he was very nice and [View Full Entry]

By the ro3z of life
April 9th 2008

I have arived at santiago

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Hi everyone I have arrived ib Santiago in good spirits but boy is the language thing a barrier. I ended up staying at the Hotel belle vista. its a swank upper lass hotel in the restuarant side of town. Its quater to midnight here and Boy am I tired. The Aucklank thing is something else. THERES A CURENCY EXCHANGEEVERY TEN YARDS AND THE WHOLE TOWN IS GEARED TO ACCEPT THE TRANSIENT TOURIST DOLLAR. THEY DONT MOND EXPLOITING THE TOURISTS EITHER. heres a lurk, I wander past this sports bar come breakfast place and see two mauries out the front chowing down [View Full Entry]

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