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Etcetera, and Such

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Daniel

The last few months have been a bit crazy, which would be an excellent excuse to account for my lack of blogging, but the truth lies somewhere between inertia, laziness and malaise, though I’m only about 2/3 confident about the … Continue reading →

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Congress Set to Repeal Chile’s Copper Reserve Law

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Daniel

President Michelle Bachelet gave her support Tuesday to a bill that would repeal the Copper Reserve Law. The Copper Reserve Law, a relic of the Pinochet dictatorship, guaranteed that 10 percent of all sales made by the state-owned CODELCO copper … Continue reading →

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CHILEANS TO CASH-IN ON THEIR OLD TRUCKS

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Daniel

Monday, 31 August 2009 The Chilean government will subsidize the purchase of more fuel-efficient trucks for citizens through a program set to start later this year. The program, called “Cambia tu Camión,” or “Change your Truck,” will offer a bonus … Continue reading →

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I Fought the Law and the Law… has Tear Gas and Fire Hoses

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Daniel

So yesterday, in between bites of homemade Mexican food, I learned that there was going to be a protest that night, the latest in a series of public action sparked by the killing of a young Mapuche man by a … Continue reading →

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Santiago de Chile: A Brief Travel Guide

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Daniel

Aka, things I wish it hadn’t taken me 7 weeks to figure out. Hopefully, should you ever travel down this-a-way, a few of these tips might help you get a handle on things quickly. Here goes: As a westerner traveling … Continue reading →

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STEVE FORBES VISITS, PRAISES CHILE’S GOVERNMENT

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Daniel

Thursday, 13 August 2009 Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and two-time candidate for the Republican presidential primary election in the United States, spoke to an audience Monday in Santiago. On Tuesday he met with Chilean presidential candidate Sebastián … Continue reading →

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CHILE IN THE TIME OF SYPHILIS

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Daniel

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 Life Expectancy Way Up Since Two Centuries Ago Smallpox and syphilis were the leading causes of death in Chile in 1810 and 1910, respectively, according to a recent study comparing living and health conditions in the … Continue reading →

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AWARD-WINNING SWISS WINEMAKER TO MOVE TO CHILE FULL-TIME

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Daniel

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 Famed winemaker Mauro von Siebenthal, a Swiss lawyer who fell in love with Chile and opened a winery in the late 1990s, will move to Chile full-time in October. For more than a decade, von Siebenthal, … Continue reading →

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CHILE PREPS FOR CONTINUED SWINE FLU, AGREEES TO DONATE VACCINES TO COSTA RICA

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Daniel

Monday, 3 August 2009 Swine flu (AH1N1) continues to plague Latin America despite early hopes that the crisis had already peaked, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) said last Tuesday. There are 11,860 confirmed cases of AH1N1 in Chile, including 1,022 … Continue reading →

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One Month Reflections: On Power, Journalism and Pool

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Daniel

“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.” Boy, ain’t that the truth. And as I’m pretty sure the great thinker Kareem Abdul-Jabar was trying to say, in our time, when your … Continue reading →

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