Valle de la Luna

San Pedro & Tours Galore/Yes, Im still alive

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June 30th 2006
In true reflection of the elevated level of communication at my (now former) university, I found out on Tuesday afternoon that the coming week the classes that I teach would be cancelled because of midterms. Then after moving to Copiapo, the university there went on paro (students dont go to class) for a week, and then plunged into full-on toma (students take over the school, wedge d ... 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