El Palacio Moneda

You can't fight against the youth!

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April 27th 2008
Chilean society is a society in transition. With a relatively new and successful democratic political system, a strong and highly globalized economy, a conservative Catholic backbone and a new generation of liberal youth, the birth pangs of modernization can be seen throughout Santiago. This liberal/conservative dichotomy contributes to a distinctively mixed cultural climate, one where fr ... 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