Obama

US election reflection

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December 12th 2008
A lot of people have and will write about the US election in 2008. The vast majority of them will do it better. Here are a few disjointed thoughts from watching this thing unfold from a few thousand miles away. Somewhat surprisingly, Obama won Iowa. Then he kept winning. The democratic establishment was blown away. Perhaps it was because the black guy from Illinois was selling a different br ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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