Chile
Chile is a long, narrow country in South America bounded by the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It encompasses deserts in the north and glaciers in the south, is full of mountains, and is prone to earthquakes. It has also been the site of numerous confrontations between the most vicious leading edge of neoliberalism (the Pinochet dictatorship being emblematic of this) and the brave, concerted resistance of working-class Chileans and indigenous people like the Mapuche. I’ve visited once, in 2013.
Wiki
- : 🪴 1988 Chilean constitution: As part of the “managed” transition to democracy in Chile in the late 1980s, the Pinochet dictatorship …
- : 🪴 Pinochet dictatorship: Between 1973 and the late 1980s, Chile was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship which tortured and murdered thousands …
- : 🪴 Colonia Dignidad: Colonia Dignidad was a settlement, built by a West German cult at the foothills of the Andes in Chile, 400km south of …
- : 🐶 Vaquita: Vaquita was a Chilean street dog who joined protests in Antofagasta against the police. I’m basically going to …
- : 🐶 Negro Matapacos: Negro Matapacos was a Chilean street dog who joined student protests for free education and against neoliberalism from …
- : 🪴 Inca Empire: The Inca Empire was the empire, its capital in the city of Cusco, that controlled much of modern-day Peru, Ecuador, …
- : 💬 Spanish: Spanish (also known as Castilian) is the most widely spoken of the Romance languages, with an estimated 483 million …
Links
- : 🇨🇱 Link: “The Workers Who Seized the Means of Production”
- : 💬 Link: “Cristina Calderón, last speaker of Yaghan language, dies in Chile at 93”
- : 🇨🇱 Link: “Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende”
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.