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Puerto Montt – the all embracing truth - la verdad que todo lo abarca

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April 18th 2011
The Chilean government was at one time worried about the lack of public displays of affection and the falling birth rate. Puerto Montt was chosen as somewhere to pilot a government initiative and a large statue of a couple embracing was erected (see first photograph). I was fortunate enough to be in Puerto Montt on Public Embracing Day when the 'couple most likely to stay together' posed at the ... 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