i love chile weekly - issue 26 - september 3, 2012
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Startups in ConcepciónChallenging the Santiago Trend
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Barrio Bellavista has been known as the “bohemian” neighborhood of Santiago since the city was founded, and things have not changed much. Once the home to Santiago’s poorest population, the area is now where fa-mous artists live and where the rest of the city goes to have a great night out or delicious dinner.
If you take the metro to Bellas Ar-tes or Baquedano, you just have to cross the Mapocho River to get to Barrio Bellavista. It is located just northeast of the center and can easily be reached on foot if you are already downtown.
Walking through the streets, you will observe how the neighborhood wears the mark of an interesting history. Some parts of Bellavista are dominated by large, beautiful villas and were obviously very rich at one point. Since the 1950s, the place has become the cultural and artistic hot-spot of Santiago and is where Chile’s
Barrio Bellavista: Santiago's Vibrant, Artistic Neighborhood By Hostel & Tours on August 24, 2012.
most famous poet, Pablo Neruda, chose to have his home.
Santiago’s Parque Metropolítano, Jardín Zoológico and Cerro San Cris-tóbal are also a part of the neigh-borhood, which makes it the perfect place to spend a whole day.
Barrio Bellavista has always been as-sociated with entertainment, and is the part of Santiago to find nightlife. The place is packed with restaurants, cafés, bars and nightclubs which are open almost every night. You will meet many other tourists here, but the locals also love to come to the area to have a good time. Patio Bel-lavista and the streets Constitución and Pio Nono are especially known for their great nightlife and the great selection of bars and clubs.
At daytime, Barrio Bellavista offers one of the best free experiences in Santiago: the street art and murals.
Like in any other big city, Santiago has a lot of graffiti, but in Barrio Bellav-ista you can see real artwork among the many “tags” and less interesting pieces. In particular, the street lead-ing to La Chascona has great murals of Pablo Neruda, but if you take the time to stroll through Barrio Bellav-ista, you will find lots of surprisingly good pieces.
Don’t forget to bring your camera!. ILC
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Open Book of Condolences for Former U.S. Ambassador Harry G. BarnesBy U.S. Embassy Chile on August 24, 2012.
SANTIAGO — The Embassy of the United States in Chile has made pub-licly available a book of condolences upon the death of former Ambassa-dor of the United States in Chile, Har-ry G. Barnes. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff and embassy personnel have expressed their condolences and sym-pathies to the family of Ambassador Barnes in their time of grief.
Harry G. Barnes was Ambassador of the United States in Romania, India, and Chile. His term in Chile ran from 1985 to 1988, where he played an ac-tive role during Chile’s transition to democracy. He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1988 and subse-quently dedicated himself to univer-sity teaching.
The book can be signed at the diplo-matic headquarters (Av. Andrés Bello 2800) from Monday, August 27 to Wednesday, August 29, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. ILC
Harry George Barnes Jr., 86, passed away on August 9, 2012.
Photo: U.S. Embassy Chile
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Angry Bus Passengers Take Over Santiago StreetsBy Daniel Boyle on August 27, 2012.
PROVIDENCIA — Tired of poor east-bound services, frustrations boiled over for Transantiago passengers, who took over 11 de Septiembre at the corner of Luis Thayer Ojeda. Traf-fic backed up as far as Salvador as the angry passengers took over the street after waiting more than 40 minutes for the C10 bus.
Transantiago coordinator Patricio Pé-rez has ordered a report from bus op-erators Red Bus, who are responsible for the C10 route. “If applicable, we will apply discounts and fines,” said the Transantiago boss. ILC
Photo: José Cuevas Sepúlveda
Tired of waiting, Transantiago passengers
took to the streets.
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Study Evaluates Chilean Responses to Student ProtestsBy Daniel Boyle on August 28, 2012.
SANTIAGO — With students returning to the streets once again, the August study from Cooperativa e Imaginac-ción has ranked the performances of those involved within the student conflict. ACES leader Eloisa González received the best marks, scoring 4.5 out of a possible seven. The survey was conducted by telephone with 500 people responding.
81.4% of respondents said they disa-greed with the way the government has handled the student conflict. Dislodge-ments of schools en toma have seen violent clashes between police and stu-dents.46.5% said the students have re-sponsibility for the disorder created by the marches, while 52.7% said no.
For the other student leaders, Camila Vallejo and Gabriel Boric both received 4.4, while Noam Titelman received a score of 4.2. Government leaders also received an evaluation, with Provi-dencia Mayor Cristián Labbé receiving the lowest score with 3. President Se-bastián Piñera and Education Minister Harald Beyer both received 3.5. San-tiago Mayor Palbo Zalaquett received a score of 3.8. ILC
photo: Mark Teiwes
Student leader Eloisa González, right, negotiates with the police at the start of the march last week.
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Patagonia Tourism Officials Present Chile in San FranciscoBy Daniel Boyle on August 29, 2012.
SAN FRANCISCO, USA — As part of a long running cam-paign by the Magellanes and Region SERNATUR office, represenatives from Chile’s extreme south trained tour-ism operators and travel agents about travel in the far south of Chile. Some of the incredible destinations on offer include Torres del Paine National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn and travel to Antarctica.
The training presentation, held in Bently Reserve, focused on the amazing outdoor experiences available in the re-gion. From trekking, kayaking and ice climbing, those with an adventurous spirit are at home in Patagonia.
Some of the organizations involved included Hotel If Pa-tagonia, Turismo Lago Grey,Chile Nativo Travel, Weskar Lodgge, Hotel Las Torres, Patagonia Jet Ski, Tu Travesía, Turismo Cerro Guido, Patagonia Camp, Aerovías Dap, Eco-camp and LAN, as well as representatives from the Ultima Esperanza Chamber of Commerce.
The next event will take place in El Calafate, Argentina on Septemer 12.. ILC
Photo provided by DBDUltima Esperanza
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Unseasonable Warmth in SantiagoBy Matt Niner on August 29, 2012.
SANTIAGO — That’s right folks, it looks like Santiago has decided to forgo winter this year and skip directly to spring a bit early, despite the cold weather forecasts that were made last week.
With temperatures reaching 21 degrees Celsius this morn-ing, city residents found themselves wondering, “What happened to the winter?”
With inexplicably high temperatures forecasted for the rest of the week as well, and the astonishing lack of cold days and rain this season, it seems that the Chilean capital has managed to dodge winter this year.
It’s good news for some, but bad news for snowboarding enthusiasts and those with a fondness for clean air. The winter rains are the only source of relief against the cloud of smog that descends upon Region Metropolitana in the “colder” months.
With any luck, winter 2012 is just off to a slow start and the fluffy white stuff is right around the corner!. ILC
Santiago has experienced a ludicrously warm and dry
winter this year.
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We would like to invite everyone to join us at the 2012 Providencia Tour-ism Expo, organized by the Providen-cia Tourist Information Center.
Tourism is the third most important industry in Chile, and Providencia has become the most important des-tination in Santiago thanks to its 89 hotels, 15 museums, cultural cent-ers and historic monuments, over 737,000 square meters of greenery, 55 plazas, and over 100 restaurants.
The 2012 Providencia Tourism Expo will take place on September 7 and 8 in the beautiful Parque de Esculturas (Sculpture Garden), which will open
Join us for the 2012 Providencia Tourism Expo!
Join I Love Chile at the 2012 Providencia Tourism ExpoBy Jorge Reséndiz on August 24, 2012.
its doors for the first to receive both tourism professionals and the gen-eral public.
Entrance is free and the event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will feature a delightful exhibition area, conference auditorium, an exclusive business room, and a cozy lounge to receive visiting members of the national and international press.
The 2012 Providencia Tourism Expo is sponsored by Sernatur Región Met-ropolitana, Turismo Chile, Fedetur, the Santiago Convention Bureau, ACHET, Hoteleros de Chile, APROTUR and la Escuela de Turismo DUOC UC.
Assist-Card, Costanera Center, DUOC UC and Sheraton Santiago are our special partners and we are media partners with Revista GAO, Chile Tips Trips, DiarioTurismo, Santiago Shop-ping Tour, I Love Chile, CityPlan, Chi-lexplora.com, and Andes Wines.
More than 40 businesses and organi-zations will participate in the event, who will be showcasing their prod-ucts and services to all who attend.
We hope to see you there!. ILC
Photo: Expo Turismo Providencia
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La Junta Celebrates Pioneers and SettlersBy Paul Coleman on August 24, 2012.
AYSÉN — La Junta, Patagonia was rocked by a series of powerful explosions on Saturday night that left its peo-ple, dazed and spellbound, staring into the night sky. The first fireworks display ever seen by many lifelong resi-dents provided the perfect backdrop for the village’s 49th anniversary celebrations.
I have seen fireworks displays around the globe. Some have been huge, lasting for hours and hours, as in the case of a Chinese New Year. But none have had such an emotional impact on me as those on Saturday.
The majority of the people in the area have never seen such an event. This includes many of the original settlers, who were honored earlier that night in the schools gymnasium.
To honor those who blazed their trail, by boat from the west or horse from the east, the young people of the village wished to make this anniversary something to be remembered.
First came the speeches, with the Mayor of Cisnes, Luis Arsenio Valdes Gutierrez, heading the roster. Following him came a delightful play depicting the arrival of the pio-neers to this extreme part of the world. On stage was a rowboat, a wooden horse, axes and a make-believe fire to highlite the hardships they faced when they first arrived.
It must have been an incredibly harsh experience, having to row your way upriver for seventy kilometers, or ride a
La Junta’s Fireworks
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horse for weeks over the Andes from Argentina with the possessions and supplies necessary to ensure survival.
Perhaps thirty village elders were given pride of place at a long banquet table to witness the play and be the stars of the show, along with the kids who organized it all.
At the end of the play, wine was distributed and everyone turned to toast the generation that had made life in La Junta a reality. Then the five hundred or so residents in the crowd rushed outside in the pounding rain to see the spectacular firework display that lit up the night sky and thundered mightily off the mountains.
Many people young and old (ourselves included) could never have imagined that such an event would come to town. It was a shared moment of awe that lasted long after the twenty-minute display had ended.
My wife Konomi and I came away with the impression that the night’s event heralds a new age for the village and the community at large.
Viva La Junta, and Viva Cisnes Municipality and all those who paved the way!. ILC
The Anniversary Play
Some Of The Original Pioneers.
Photos by Paul Coleman.
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Chile Sets the Clocks ForwardBy Matt Niner on September 1, 2012.
SANTIAGO — At 11:59 p.m. on Saturday night (24:00, technically), Chile will set its clocks forward one hour so that the time will actually be 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
The change marks the beginning of daylight savings time in Chile. Government officials have had a lengthy back-and-forth about what the exact date for the time switch should be, in what was perhaps the single most boring national discourse on record.
Daylight savings time has been used by various countries around the world since World War I. It was initially used by Germany and it’s alies as a way to conserve coal. To-day’s argument is not much different. After the massive earthquake in Chile on February 27, 2010, the Pinera ad-ministration extended daylight savings time in order to conserve energy.
Many in retail, leisure and tourism appreciate day light savings time as it provides additional income because people have more daylight hours to go out. It is said that is also promote more outdoor activities which is good for physical health.
Around the world those against day light savings time are mainly farmers, transportation companies and indoor lei-sure companies. They say there is no real proof of energy
savings and that changing the clocks twice a year is eco-nomically and socially disruptive.
Here in Chile daylight savings is the time of year when the summer days get extra long so that the increased day-light can be exploited, traditionally for farming purposes, and makes for a great grape growing environment, in turn making for world class wine. Many outdoor cafe’s and restaurants also see an increase in business as DST makes relaxing outside after work a pleasant expereince.
Whichever the case, it marks the coming of happier weather!
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Most Productive Geothermal Well in South America Completed in ChileAugust 29, 2012.
PRESS RELEASE — GeoGlobal Energy Chile Limitada (GGE Chile), a wholly-owned affiliate of U.S.-based Geo-Global Energy LLC (GGE), today an-nounced the successful completion of the exploratory drilling program on the northwestern flank of the Tol-huaca mountain in southern Chile. One of the wells, Tolhuaca No. 4, is the most productive geothermal well ever drilled in South America.
A long-term flow test lasting more than 45 days has demonstrated that the production and injection wells are capable of supporting commercial power production, company officials said. GGE has been actively explor-ing at Tolhuaca for more than three years, and is continuing project de-velopment of the site – including de-sign, permits and construction of the power plants and transmission lines – with a goal of power operations as early as 2014. Currently there are no operating geothermal power plants in South America.
“Completion of the wells is a historic development for Chile,” said Rüdiger Trenkle, GGE Chile general manager. “Large hydro projects are being sus-pended in Chile and coal projects are being delayed for environmental rea-sons. Geothermal energy by contrast is a clean, baseload domestic fuel source that can play a critical role in helping meet the country’s power needs.”
GGE Chile acquired access to the site in January 2009 and drilled a success-ful exploration well in March 2009 that represented the first high-qual-ity geothermal resource discovery in the country since the late 1960s.
Development of Chile’s geothermal energy reserves is a stated priority of the government.
“The discovery of a proven com-mercial field is a game changer for geothermal in Chile,” said Gregory Raasch, executive vice president and co-founder of GGE, who has spent his career leading geothermal explo-ration and development programs worldwide. “This project demon-strates that geothermal energy can be a significant part of the Chilean
electrical system and provide clean, reliable electrical power.”
The production well, Tol-4, was drilled to a depth of 2,300 meters and is producing high temperature steam sufficient to generate 12 megawatts of electrical energy, enough to supply the power needs for 45,000 house-holds. It is the most productive geo-thermal well ever drilled in Chile or in any other country in South Amer-ica. The injection well, Tol-3, drilled deeper at 2,575 meters, is capable
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of safely accepting all of the geother-mal fluids from the power operations with the highest level of environmen-tal protection.
Geothermal energy is used for elec-trical power generation in more than 25 countries around the world. The United States is the largest generator of geothermal power with over 3,000 MW of installed capacity followed by the Philippines, Indonesia and Mexi-co. While geothermal power plants are also operating in New Zealand, Iceland, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nica-ragua and Costa Rica, none are oper-ating in South America.
About GeoGlobal Energy LLC
GeoGlobal Energy LLC is a privately held geothermal company focused on the worldwide development and acquisition of geothermal resources to generate baseload, renewable, low-carbon electricity to meet the growing need for global renewable electricity. The company’s website is http://www.geoglobal-energy.com/.
GGE’s experience covers all aspects of geothermal power exploration, development and operations. The company’s leadership has managed the development and operations of
more than half of the existing geo-thermal power projects worldwide. The company is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD, with regional of-fices in Santiago, Chile, and Munich, Germany. GGE, via its partnership with Energy Source, recently com-pleted the construction of a 50 MW plant at the Salton Sea in Southern California, which has been in opera-tion since March 2012.
With more than 50 employees, GGE Chile is the largest geothermal com-pany in Chile.. ILC
The most productive geothermal well in
South America has been completed in Chile.
Photo courtesy of GeoGlobal Energy Chile
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ANTOFAGASTA — Astronomers at the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), probably the most state-of-the-art telescope system on earth located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, made a discovery on Wednesday that is totally sweet.
Astronomers at ALMA announced that they had discovered sugar mol-ecules, one of the building blocks of life, orbiting a young star very similar to our own sun.
“This is the first time sugar been found in space around such a star,” said representatives from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which administers the ALMA the project.
Astronomers found glycolaldehyde, a sugar compound essential for the evolution of life, in the gas surround- The ALMA is one of
the most powerful telescopes on earth.
Chilean Telescope Detects Sugar Orbiting Distant StarBy Matt Niner on August 30, 2012.
ing a star in a distant pocket of the galaxy approximately 400 light years from earth.
“The building blocks of life are in the right place, at the right time, to be included in planets forming around the star,” ESO scientists said. ”Some of the chemical precursors for life ex-isted in this solar system while the planet was in formation.”
The discovery was made possible by the phenomenal sensitivity of the ALMA. ALMA is an international partnership between Europe, the United States, Canada, East Asia, and Chile. Costing more than US$1 billion, it is the most expensive ground-based telescope cur-rently under construction. It has 66 antennas capable of looking deep into the universe. Each one is capable of examining certain wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum surrounding galaxies, stars, and planets that go un-detected by other telescopes that only detect visible light.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) array — another group of telescopes locat-ed in the Atacama Desert, is capable of zooming in on objects four billion times fainter than those visible to the naked eye.
Northern Chile is one of the best places on earth in which to conduct astronomical studies. The high alti-tude and complete lack of man-made light pollution makes the night sky as-tonishingly clear.. ILC
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Noche Zero – Embracing Darkness in Chile’s Atacama DesertBy Daniel Boyle on August 31, 2012.
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA — Chile will hold a world first event in Octo-ber, bringing together experts from a variety of fields to discuss the future of planning for cities, particularly with regards to lighting and darkness. While the topic is discussed between individual stakeholders, such as gov-ernment, lighting designers, urban planners and astronomers, never be-fore have all the stakeholders been brought together to discuss a plan for the future. Noche Zero will bring all of these sectors together for the first time in San Pedro de Atacama.
The brainchild of Chilean lighting de-signer and architect Paulina Villalo-bos, the conference will take place to coincide with the new moon face, allowing the best views of the skies in the world. Villalobos told I Love Chile, “People throughout the world have lost contact with the stars, particu-larly in Europe. This affects our health and strips everyone of a fundamental
right, that we should be able to see the stars.” The event aims to change thoughts on planning and lighting, to consider the concept of darkness in-tegrated into the lighting process.
Chile’s Atacama Desert, the driest in the world, provides the perfect op-portunity to “bring back the dark nights”. Alongside the starry skies, the north of Chile is home to some of the best observatories in the world. While astronomers are also affected by light pollution, there has been very little contact between the vari-ous fields.
The conference will last three days and also include events for the pub-lic, including a film festival in San Pe-dro de Atacama. Some of the guest speakers include Dr George C Brain-ard, an expert on lighting and bio-logical and behavioral effects of light; Cipriano Marin from UNESCO’s Star-light Initiative, National Geographic’s Jim Richardson and Japanese lighting designer Kaoru Mende.
Noche Zero will also be supported by Chile’s ministries of Energy and Envi-ronment. The film festival will include a showing of Ian Cheney’s movie The City Dark. The event is organized by Chilean company DIAV, Britain’s Light Collective and Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta. After the conference, the “Atacama Manifesto” will be drawn up, outlining the conclu-sions and outcomes of the meeting of such a wide spectrum of leaders.
Noche Zero will take place from Oc-tober 16-18.. ILC
Noche Zero will bring vari-ous disciplines together to bring back the dark nights.
Noche Zero will take place in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Photo: ESO/Y. Beletsky
Photo: ESO/S. Brunier
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Wiki Loves Monuments Comes to ChileBy Audrey-Anne De Ubeda on August 31, 2012.
The international photography con-test Wiki Loves Momuments was launched yesterday at the Museo Histórico Nacional in Santiago, in the presence of Emilio de la Cerda, ex-cecutive secretary of the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Jennyfer Salvo, director of communications for the Fundación Imagen de Chile and Juan David Ruiz, the president of Wikipedia Chile.
After two successful editions in Eu-rope, the contest will be held in Sep-tember in 34 countries from five con-tinents. This will be the first time it will be held in Chile.
Throughout September, everyone is in-vited to upload images of monuments under a free License (Creative Com-mons) for use in the different Wikipe-dias. The idea of this project is to get a global and unique vision of the cultural heritage of each country involved.
Wiki Loves Monuments Chile is or-ganized by Wikipedia Chile with the support of the Consejo de Monumen-tos Nacionales and the Fundación Imagen de Chile. The purpose of the Chilean version is to enhance the rich cultural heritage of Chile and bring together thousands of pictures of na-
tional monuments to enrich the da-tabase. Over 800 monuments, sites and sanctuaries of unspoiled nature are listed.
“Wiki Loves Monuments is an invita-tion to take part in the evolution of the best internet platform of open content licensing and to contribute to the overall identification of our national monuments. It will give a unique and complete overview of our architectural, historical and natural heritage,” declared Juan David Ruiz.
At the end of the competition, a na-tional jury will select a winning pic-ture and award nine honorable men-tions. The ten pictures selected will participate in the international com-petition. The top winner of the world final will win a trip to Hong Kong.
The national Jury shall consist of five professionals: the Excecutive Secre-tary of the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Emilio de la Cerda; the di-rector of the Museo Nacional de Bel-las Artes, Roberto Farriol; the director of Wikimedia Chile, Eduardo Testart; the director of the Centro Nacional del Patrimonio Fotográfico, Samuel Salga-do; and Rodrigo Guendelman, a jour-nalist for Radio Zero and CNN Chile.
“Wikipedia is one of the five most popular websites in the West. The site combines the wealth of tradition-al knowledge and new technologies. It constitutes a great showcase for Chile to promote its cultural heritage throughout the world. Through this initiative, people will have the oppor-tunity to know, use and share our cul-tural heritage,” said Jennyfer Salvo.. ILC
For more information, visit Wiki Loves Monu-ments Chile ‘s website.
Wiki Loves Monuments was launched yesterday at the
Museo Histórico Nacional in Santiago.
Over 800 monuments and cultural sites are listed.
Photos: Audrey-Anne De Ubeda
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Chilean Students at it AgainBy Daniel Boyle on August 28, 2012.
SANTIAGO — Once again, Chile’s students will return to the streets, demanding a free, quality education system. The authorized march will begin from the Universidad de Santiago (USACH) at 11 a.m this morning. The march will travel down Alameda until Av. España, finishing at the corner of Blanco Encalada and Abate Molina.
The march will conclude with a cultural activity, including a performance by Chilean musician Nano Stern.
The march is expected to mark the climax of the recent activities organized by the students, including tomas, un-authorized marches and taking over the streets.
The march brings together a range of organiza-tions, including CONFECH, ACES, CONES,
Chile’s Colegio to Profesores and AM-DEPA. The organizations represent
parents, teachers, high school and
university students. A key concern for all involved is the Ley Hinzpeter, which includes punishments for various acts of protest.
The student movement has recently gathered momen-tum, with various high schools and universities through-out the country being taken over by students. Students at the Casa Central of Universidad de Chile unveiled a ban-ner during Sunday’s government organized fun run which ran through the city center.
Education Minister Harald Beyer met with students on Monday to discuss the recently submitted “Compendium of Student Demands”. The minister said that the propos-als were the first to “show a genuine desire for dialogue”.
Approximately 80 people were arrested today in Valdivia and another 17 in Concepción. ILC
Photo: Daniel Brewington
Protesters on Av. Alameda just outside the Presidential Palace, La Moneda during the June 28 march.
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Chile Receives Human Development Report on HappinessBy Daniel Boyle on August 24, 2012.
SANTIAGO — President Sebastián Piñera has received the 2012 Hu-man Development Report for Chile entitled, “Subjective Well-being: The Challenge of Rethinking Develop-ment” this morning from the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Anto-nio Molpeceres.
The report is part of an agreement between the Chilean Government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and focuses this year on happiness, as expressly re-quested by President Piñera.
In general terms, the report finds that the number of Chileans who are satis-fied with their personal lives has in-creased (77 percent feel very satisfied or satisfied). At the same time, there has been an increase in the number of people who are unsatisfied with
society and who lack confidence in public institutions. Only 20 percent have a lot or quite a lot of confidence in public institutions.
“One notices a certain paradox,” the president said during his speech. ”One sees, and the report confirms, that there are high levels of satis-faction with our personal lives but a growing dissatisfaction with society. Yet we know that our quality of life depends on both these elements.”
“We are facing a situation of disas-sociation, a split between how happy we are with our personal lives and how happy we are with our lives in society,” the president added. ”This is an issue that Chile cannot ignore and that we must face up to. It is, to some extent, what people have been telling us recently, but I am not just
referring to the last two years. This is something that has been brewing in society since the mid-90s.”
The President emphasized that, “Per-haps we have not paid enough at-tention to this issue, and the time has come to do something about it. Those of us that have the responsi-bility of governing this country and steering public policies have only one guiding principle: to interpret and un-derstand the signals and adjust public policies to satisfy the demands of so-ciety today.”
He went on to explain that one of the strategies of the government is to try to ascertain how public policies can be improved, strengthened and ex-panded to provide people with the necessary tools to achieve their per-sonal satisfaction.
Photo: José Manuel de la Maza
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Poll 2008-2011). In terms of individual subjective well-being, Chile was ranked in 36th place out of 99 countries.
On this basis, the report divides Chileans into four types: satisfied and happy (20 percent); satisfied and unhappy (32 percent); unsatisfied and happy (29 percent); and un-satisfied and unhappy (19 percent).
The report concludes that Chileans are more tactical than strategic with regards to their own well-being, given that they tend to redefine the parameters of their well-being rather than taking any specific action to improve their lives.. ILC
Chile receives a “happiness report” from the UN.
“As the subjective well-being report states, what we are aiming to achieve is quality of life or happiness”, said President Piñera.
2012 Human Development Report
According to the latest Human Development Index, which measures progress in education, health care, and income, Chile ranks first in Latin America. Over 60 percent of Chil-eans believing that it is possible, or quite possible, for Chile to become a developed nation within the next ten years.
Similarly, 52.7 percent of Chileans said they were quite happy and 26.2 percent said they were very happy. On the vital satisfaction scale where 1 is “entirely unsatisfied” and 10 is “totally satisfied”, 67 percent of Chileans range between 7 and 10 on the scale.
The comparative results rank Chile in 52nd place out of 148 countries on the General Happiness Scale (Gallup World
Minister Allamand Confident to Run Against BacheletBy Matt Niner on August 27, 2012.
SANTIAGO — Chilean Defense Min-ister Andrés Allamand has expressed his confidence in running against ex-President Michelle Bachelet in the 2013 presidential elections.
The result of a recent poll admin-istered by the Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) showed that Minis-ter Allamand, along with Minister of Mining Laurence Goldborne, have a combined support of about 11 per-cent of the Chilean public.
“The electoral floor for the center-right in a presidential elections is around 40 percent,” Allamand told Chilean news-paper El Mercurio. “These CEP num-bers are indicative of a race that has not yet begun, and Bachelet’s support can only dwindle over the course of
Minister Allamand is confident that he can rival Michele Bachelet in Chile’s next presi-
dential election.
next year. She has hit her ceiling and we have nowhere to go but up.”
Adopting the slogan of the vanquished Colo Colo team, Minister Allamand declared, “de atrás pica el indio.“. ILC
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Protesters Take Over UDI HeadquartersBy Daniel Boyle on August 29, 2012.
PROVIDENCIA — A group of nearly forty protesters from the Asociación Nacional de Deudores Habitacionales de Chile (Chile’s National Association of Indebted Homeown-ers) took over the headquarters of the UDI, part of the ruling coalition. It is not the first time the building has been occupied this year, with both university and second-ary students taking over the building.
On their website, Andha Chile claims that only 950 people have received waivers when over 500,000 debtors have been affected by the housing crisis. They say thousands of families need full cancellation of debt so they will not crumble paying dividends for another thirty years.
Police surrounded the building, with equipment to scale the walls in case the protesters did not leave of their own free will. The protesters entered the building just after noon. At 3 p.m., a police officer on a motorcycle stopped traffic going down Suecia and the police mobilized to storm the building.
Andha protesters are removed from UDI
headquarters.
Protesters refused to leave, so the police made their move. Some people climbed over the fence of the bal-cony to avoid capture. Police used climbing equipment to reach the balcony and bring the protesters to the ground.
Signs were raised outside the building, with slogans cry-ing out “No more lies!”
The group is protesting government indifference towards their demands for better housing, claiming that only spe-cific segments of the community have been targeted for government assistance.
The protest follows events in Chillán where the group tried to disrupt a presidential ceremony.
The video below shows some of the protesters being re-moved. Traffic has returned to normal along Suecia.. ILC
Photos by: Daniel Boyle
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Chilean Supreme Court Suspends La Castilla Power PlantBy Audrey-Anne De Ubeda on August 29, 2012.
ANTOFAGASTA — Chile’s Supreme Court handed down its decision on Tuesday to reject the planned US$5 billion Central La Castilla thermoelec-tric power plant. La Castilla is a 2,100 megawatt plant project promoted in Chile by the Brazilian energy giant MPX and German E.ON.
The project also includes a port, Pu-erto Castilla, which had already re-ceived a green light and was planned for Chile’s copper-rich Atacama re-gion. Its purpose is to provide energy to the booming mining area. The pro-ject would boost regional power sup-plies as mining companies including Teck Resources Ltd. (TCL/B), plan new mines in this region.
Chile’s top court cited environmental reasons, and the project will be sub-jected to an environmental impact study. Castilla could “harm the consti-tutional guarantee that one can live in an environment free of pollution”, the court said.
In June, in hopes of fast-tracking its project, the Brazilian company offered to decrease the size of the plant and pay US$67 million in compensation for environmental damages. How-ever, a handful of fisherman and arti-sans from the tiny village of Totoral in northern Chile refused to negotiate.
They have continued to challenge the environmental consequences of the Castilla project. They oppose the project on environmental and health grounds, saying the coal-fired plant would harm local air and water qual-ity. Environmental groups and envi-ronmentally minded detractors are celebrating the court’s decision.
“The Supreme Court’s verdict is a very positive one,” declared, Isabel Allende, Senator for the Atacama Region. ”This case was under a lot of pressure and I think it’s very sig-nificant that the Supreme Court has ratified an earlier verdict by the court of Antofagasta. What’s more, this is a process — as we have said from the very beginning — filled with vices, pressures and distortions.”
Following the court’s decision, MPX and E.ON said they “regretted” the Supreme court’s verdict and declared the joint venture would “re-evaluate its business strategy in Chile.
“We have to see if the company de-cides to resubmit the project. Even if it does, it delays the project, which means future demand will have to be satisfied by other sources,” said Andrew McCarthy, an analyst at Banchile Inversiones.
Chile’s current energy situation is very complex. For years, the coun-try has been suffering from a chronic lack of investment in the energy sec-tor. In addition, Chile was hit a by de-structive earthquake in 2010 and suf-fers from droughts. All these factors debilitated the country’s power grid. Chile’s power matrix has currently a total capacity of 17,000 megawatts.
The government plans to add anoth-er 8,000 megawatts by 2020 to keep up with rising demand. The court’s decision put concerns about Chile’s long-term energy supply back at the centre of the debate. ILC
La Castilla was planned for Chile’s copper-rich
Atacama region.
Desierto Atacama
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What this means for Codelco is that they will have an additional 115,000 of annual copper output, according to CEO Thomas Keller, and secure their position as the world’s largest producer.
The question remains as to what the true value of the property is. If the true value was what Mitsubishi was willing to pay, then Codelco paid roughly a third of that when you fac-tor in the mining tenements.
Mitsubishi, as a long-established and successful company, did its own due diligence to include valuation scenar-ios. Also at that time copper prices were much higher and the industry was not anticipating the continued economic fiasco in Europe or the slowdown in China.
For Anglo, they were able to retain control of the Sur unit, swallow $2.8 billion in cash, and avoid an estimated three years in the courts. The news did boost their share price in London up 1.65 percent in a relatively down day for the markets. Now we will be watching to see if Anglo’s CEO Cynthia Carroll will survive the aftermath.
From both sides, it looks as if Codel-co really did come out on top on this settlement… or should we say the people of Chile?. ILC
LONDON, ENGLAND — The 10-month legal dispute between Codelco, the biggest copper producer, and Anglo American Plc over the fifth-largest copper mine seems to be settled.
Back on October 12, 2011, Codelco announced that it had secured the financing needed from Mitsui to exercise the option to purchase 49 percent of the Anglo Sur unit, which owns the Los Bronces mine in central Chile, from Anglo for about $5.39 bil-lion. Codelco’s option was to become in effect at the end of the year but they needed to give prior notice to Anglo of their intent.
Anglo then in November announced that they would be selling a 24.5 per-cent stake in the same unit to Mitsub-ishi for virtually the same price, in ef-fect double the value of the Codelco deal. Thus the legal wrangling began.
Now after 10-months of some pretty nasty back and forths from Anglo and Codelco, a change at the top of Codel-co, and calls for the resignation of An-glo’s CEO, there is now a settlement.
A Codelco venture with Mitsui as a small partner will obtain a 29.5 per-cent share of the Sur unit in two transactions. A 24.5 percent share for which they will pay $1.7 billion will include facilities east of their Andina mine (and adjacent to Los Bronces) with an estimated value of $400 mil-lion. The venture will get another five percent for $1.1 billion.
The proceeds to Anglo will all be in cash, which the company said will be used for “corporate purposes”. Dodgy.
Codelco’s Andina mine lies high in the Andes
outside Santiago.
Codelco and Anglo American Finally Come to TermsBy Randy Havre on August 23, 2012.
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UniPlaces Helps Students Find Housing in ChileBy Daniel Boyle on August 24, 2012.
For anyone who has studied abroad, one of the most diffi-cult challenges can be finding a place to live. For Mariano Kostelec and his UniPlaces team, overcoming that prob-lem led to the creation of an online portal designed to easily allow international students to find housing. After studying in England and then working in Japan and China for Groupon, Kostelec joined a team of friends in Portugal to work on what would become Uniplaces.
“At the time I was working at Groupon, that was an in-credible experience, I was working in China on growing the company. We literally went from zero to 4,000 em-ployees within the space of nine months, it was an amaz-ing rate of growth. At the same time, I was considering my options and wanted to start something on my own,” Mariano told I Love Chile in an interview at the Start-Up Chile headquarters.
An opportunity arrived where the team, made up of Mar-iano, Leo Lara, Miguel Amaro and Ben Grech, had the op-
portunity to leave their jobs and come together in Portu-gal, looking for entrepreneurial ideas. One of these ideas came to be UniPlaces. The original idea was to formalize the process of the advertisements written on trees and walls on campus. There were very few websites catering to students when UniPlaces began in October of 2011.
Uniplaces in not only for international students, but also for those who travel from elsewhere in the country. “If you are a foreign student, you don’t know where to start. Sometimes you might not even understand the language.” The team have refined their search function so that stu-dents can type in where they will study and the user will have results relevant to that particular university.
The next step will be to add content relevant to each neighborhood into the website. Mr Kostelec told I Love Chile, “Many of the universities already have this informa-tion, but we would like to aggregate this information.” This
Photo: Gustavo Bom
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type of information includes public transport, safe places to live, health information and emergency contacts.
Uniplaces is operating now in both Portugal and Chile. Af-ter starting the company in Portugal, the group planned to expand into Latin America. A $40,000 grant from Start-Up Chile helped UniPlaces make their entry into Latin America. Like in Portugal, there are very few universities that offer accommodation for students.
In order to spread the service globally, the company has received funding of 200,000 euros from Portugese inves-tors Schilling Capital Partners alongside British investors Alex Chesterman and William Reeve.
To find out more information about Uniplaces, visit their website. While Mariano Kostelec is the only one of the founders based in Chile, the rest of the team continues their work in Portugal. Future expansion plans include Brazil, the UK, Mexico and Argentina, while keeping the base in Chile.
The Uniplaces team.
“When people go to study abroad, it’s not just for the learn-ing experience, it’s all about the new culture. We want to become a part of that whole experience for students.”. ILC
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Apple versus Samsung: Battle of the Smartphone GiantsBy Randy Havre on August 27, 2012.
SAN JOSE, USA — The much watched Apple vs Samsung infringement law-suit came to an abrupt end on Friday in San Jose, Apple’s home, with the jury sided with Apple after just 2 ½ days of deliberation. The lawsuit had gone both ways, with Apple claiming seven infringement claims and Sam-sung countering with five of their own.
The nine-member jury had gone through about 700 points in deter-mining their verdict which, awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages. Al-though Apple was seeking damages in the range of $2.5 billion, the jury found “willful” infringement which could enable the judge to triple the award. The jury foreman stated af-ter the fact that they felt Apple’s fig-ure was too high but that Samsung
should pay significant damages, and not just a “slap on the wrist”.
The interesting thing is that the US ruling came just 24 hours after a court in Seoul Korea, Samsung’s home, found that although the phones were similar, Samsung had not violated Ap-ple’s design.
Samsung’s response to the US ruling was that it is “a loss for the American consumer”, and that it was not the fi-nal word in this case or in “battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world”, some of which have already rejected many of Apple’s claims.
Apple most certainly will file for a ban of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone as it successfully did in Germany last year,
and look to file “contempt proceed-ings” on their new Galaxy S III smart-phone. As Samsung did in Germany where they quickly changed the frame and speakers to get around the ban, we will see something similar in the US market. Samsung has a reputation of being a “fast executioner”.
What we might see in the future as opposed to a lengthy legal appeals process is that the two companies will come together with some “cross licensing” agreements. Not to say they could not afford the legal costs, since Apple is sitting on $28 billion in cash and Samsung on $21 billion.
What Apple does need to be con-cerned about is that Samsung might take this opportunity to “leap-frog” Apple’s technology and keep their smartphone costs lower. The cost fac-tor in itself has given Samsung the ad-vantage on the world market where they outsell Apple with more than 60 percent of the smartphone market.
Santiago is one of a number of cit-ies in the world that cell phones, to include smartphones , out number the population.. ILC
The two giants are duking it out
for worldwide supremacy.
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SQM Posts a Blow-Out First Half 2012By Randy Havre on August 30, 2012.
Chemical & Mining Co. of Chile, Inc. (NYSE: SQM) post-ed an earnings increase in the first half of 2012 of 40.5 percent higher than the same period in 2011. The earn-ings report drove the share price to a new one-year high, up 2.1 percent for the day, when the Santiago Stock Ex-change (IPSA) was flat.
SQM reported that earnings for the first half of 2012 were $342.2 million or $1.30 per share compared to $243.6 million or $0.93 per share in the year earlier period. Rev-enues increased to $1.21 billion from $1.03 billion.
The second quarter of 2012 saw earnings of $192.2 mil-lion, or $0.73 per share, on revenues of $683.3 million. Analysts had been looking for per share earnings of $0.66 on revenues of $591.4 million. A huge “beat” pushed SQM shares higher and has analysts rethinking their pre-vious 2012 full year estimates of $2.55 on revenues of $2.45 billion.
What was really impressive was the increase in the gross margin for the first half 2012, $531.9 million, or 43.9 per-cent of revenues. In the first half of 2011 the gross margin was $397.2 million, or 38.5 percent of revenues.
The company’s strong productivity is also apparent in their return on assets (ROA) of 13.2 percent and return on equity (ROE) of 31.29 percent.
The company describes themselves as “an integrated producer and distributor of specialty plant nutrient, io-dine, lithium, potassium-related fertilizers and industrial chemicals”. Founded in 1968, SQM is based in Santiago, Chile. It currently does business in over 100 countries and employs approximately 5,200 people.. ILC
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Unión Española Shock Universidad de ChileBy John Lyons on August 27, 2012.
RECOLETA –Bad-boy Emiliano Vecchio dazzled as Unión Española thumped Universidad de Chile 5-2 – and left azules boss Jorge Sampaoli speechless. Just a month ago playmaker Vecchio, 23, was in the doghouse after alleg-edly inventing the death of his brother so he could return to his native Argentina to celebrate his wedding for a sec-ond time.
But now he is most definitely back in the good books after inspiring his side to a stunning victory that has brought the Clausura to life. No wonder Sampaoli didn’t want to talk af-ter the game – his side had been well and truly outplayed.
Universidad de Chile’s defending was abysmal – there were gaps as wide as the Grand Canyon – and Unión Es-pañola took full advantage. It was the worst defeat at lo-cal level in the Sampaoli era and it was also the first time the azules had conceded five in an away game since 1999.
Perhaps the result was partly due to the fact the azules had put in a big effort against Neymar’s Santos midweek, but don’t take anything away from the home side. They played, as proud manager Jose Luis Sierra said, “an al-most perfect match”.
There was little sign of things to come when Matías Rodríguez put la U ahead with a drilled finish in the 18th minute.
But Española were back on level terms just seven minutes later when the usually reliable keeper Johnny Herrera went walkabout at a corner and Sebastián Jaime headed home.
Jaime’s second, in the 36th minute, was a goal of the highest quality. The barrel-chested Vecchio showed some intricate footwork before later picking out Jaime with a precise crossfield ball. The striker chested the ball with his first touch and then lashed home a stunning volley that left Herrera helpless.
Vecchio’s sublime effort came back of the crossbar before “La U” drew level four minutes before the break, Gusta-vo Lorenzetti nodding home at the far post after a well-worked corner.
Photo: John Lyons
Unión Española shocked Universidad de Chile with five goals.
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But if anyone thought that would take the wind out of Española’s sails, they couldn’t have been more wrong as they dominated the second half.
While other teams’ finishing has let them down against the azules, the hosts showed no mercy. Patricio Rubio drilled home the third on 58 minutes to score his fifth goal for the season, Vecchio coolly lifted the ball over the advancing Herrera in the 76th minute and Universidad de Chile reject Emilio Hernández rifled home the fifth seven minutes from time.
As the Universidad de Chile players trudged off at the fi-nal whistle, the Unión Española fans gleefully waved their hands at them to signify five goals.
It looks as though Sampaoli, shorn of stars like Ángelo Henriquez, Junior Fernandes and Marcelo Díaz, has work to do. They’ll get a quick chance to make amends when they host O’Higgins in a repeat of the Apertura final on Wednesday night.. ILC
Conflict Builds As Claudio Borghi Drops Universidad de Chile PlayersBy Daniel Boyle on August 28, 2012.
SANTIAGO — Controversy rages in the world of Chilean football after na-tional coach Claudio Borghi dropped four Universidad de Chile players from the squad to face Colombia af-ter pressure from the club to release the players to play their outstand-ing clash against Cobreloa. The busy schedule for the azules as Copa Su-damericana champions has seen the team need to reschedule matches.
The ANFP released a statement say-ing the four players – Eugenio Mena, Charles Aránguiz, José Rojas and Osvaldo González were out of the squad. “This action was taken due to the request of the club to have play-
ers for the match against Cobreloa and not have them available for the whole period of preparation.”
Aránguiz scored against both Ven-ezuela and Bolivia to help Chile to the top of the South American Word Cup qualifying group, while Rojas and Mena have been regular starters for La Roja. González was less likely to play as he is overcoming a groin injury.
Borghi said to Radio Agricultura, “There have been repeated calls from “La U” to release players from the national squad. This is not the first time it has happened since I have been coach.” He added later, “I don’t make agreements
with leaders. I call on the players.” The national coach said he spoke personally with Rojas and Mena.
Azul Azul, who run the Universidad de Chile club reacted angrily, calling Borghi’s statements “offensive”. Most recently the club clashed with selec-tors when they lost a number of play-ers to Chile’s under 20 European tour. The club released a fiery statement on their website, outlining five key points rejecting the decision.
“Universidad de Chile has always given our players when the national team has requested. We reiterate our will-ingness to permanently continue this provision,” the statement began, go-ing on to outline previous agreements with the ANFP. The club said that the coach may not have been informed of these previous agreements.
As “La U” prepare to face O’Higgins in a repeat of the Apertura final, the club has received some good news, rising in the CONMEBOL rankings to first in South America, rising over Internac-ional, LDU Quito and Santos. Univer-sidad Católica is the second placed Chilean team, ranking at number 13.. ILC
Photo: ANFP
Caludio Borghi discarded four Universidad de Chile players for the clash with Colombia.
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Cobreloa and Barcelona Draw in Copa SudamericanaBy Neil Zimmerman on August 29, 2012.
CALAMA — Cobreloa drew 0-0 with Ecuadorian side Bar-celona in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana second round match despite having a man advantage for the last twenty minutes of the game.
Despite the score line it wasn’t a match without its dra-mas as firstly the match was delayed by fifteen minutes when the stadium lights went out after only fifteen min-utes had passed on the clock. When play resumed Bar-celona had the chance to grab an important goal on the road in the 28th minute after Narciso Mina was brought down in the area by Sebastián Roco. Fortunately for Co-
breloa he put the resultant penalty wide of the mark. In the 69th minute Barcelona were reduced to ten men as Luis Caicedo received a second yellow card for a rather crude challenge. Despite the one man advantage Cobre-loa were unable to find the back of the net and will be looking to win the tie on the road when the two teams meet again on September 19 in Guayaquil.
Universidad Católica will begin their second round in the Copa Sudamericana this evening, facing Colombia’s De-portes Tolima.. ILC
Photo: Jorge Eguez
Barcelona players arrive in Calama.
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The entrepreneurial spirit in Chile has never been higher. Chile is now boast-ing a strong interest in small startups and their entrepreneurs.
Evidence of this can be seen through-out Chile. CORFO’s Start-Up Chile program has shown that the entre-preneurial drive not only comes from Chileans but also foreigners who want to come to Chile to start businesses.
SERCOTEC’s Seed Capital program is also making strides in pushing Chil-ean entrepreneurs forward with their business ideas. This week President Sebastian Piñera was present at a reception for this year’s award recipi-ents, where over 400 entrepreneurs were given their seed capital checks.
However, this trend is not limited to Santiago. Areas outside of Santiago
Startups in Concepción: Challenging the Santiago TrendBy Hector Gutierrez on August 28, 2012.
are often forgotten but a small num-ber of self-made startups are sprout-ing all over Chile. Some without any support from seed capital programs.
Concepción is no exception. Here we found two entrepreneurs who are yet to apply for assistance, although they state that they will be applying at some stage or another to one of the government’s seed capital programs, they feel that the bureaucracy and lengthy paperwork coupled with the distance from Santiago does not ex-
actly encourage them to run to sub-mit an application.
Claudio Arroyo, a self-made busi-nessman, runs the first truly virtual office service in Concepción, the Centro de Negocios Urtubia. He ex-plained that it has been difficult to establish his service.
“Virtual offices are a new concept for Chileans,” he says. ”They do not really understand the concept, which makes it difficult to sell our service given that it is a service that is new to Chile.”
He pointed out that he has tried sev-eral times to enter one of the govern-ment’s seed capital programs but has given up halfway, due to constant de-lays and endless requests for paper-work. “For now, I am happy to contin-ue to wait for a more straightforward
Small businesses in Concepción are the next up-and-comers
in the Chilean startup community.
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Seed Capital Program, and hopefully something specific to Concepción.”
Another self-starter is Eric Jimenez, a young IT professional who set up Comsistem, a web site building ser-vice. His business strategy is to pro-vide low-cost web sites to companies in Concepción. Though not a new idea, he centers his business plan on customer service. This is something that is still missing in most Chilean businesses and, Jimenez tailors his service to small startup companies.
“Clearly, one of the main precur-sors to applying is a severe lack of information as to what is available,” he says. Nonetheless, he continues to self promote using the tools he knows best – social media and IT – and hopes to have a steady portfolio of clients by the end of the year.
Although the government is no doubt working diligently at fostering entre-preneurs, it seems that a lack of in-formation and a generally rough ap-plication process is stopping potential
startups from applying. It also cannot be ignored that the large majority of commercial opportunities and new ideas are still firmly based in Santiago.
Given the push for an entrepreneur-ial hub in Chile, and more programs becoming available every day, it is only a matter of time before a wide network of programs tailored for spe-cific startups becomes available.. ILC
Photo: Hector Gutierrez
Claudio Arroyo, founder of the virtual
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There is nothing worse than having studied years of Eng-lish and travelling to the United States and hearing many Americans say “Wadayado?” or “Wadayadoing?” or sim-ply “Wadaya”?
In New York, “Wadaya” can be heard when you stare at someone for too long: It means, “What is your problem? Why are you staring at me?”
American English has evolved into a form of street-smart form of speaking which may take years for others to learn. This can be a massive wall for New English learners to climb. Most English-as-a-Second-Language classes teach you to pronounce and separate words correctly in order to be understood but the language, in it’s native environ-ment, has evolved into something else…and it can be con-fusing, scary…and very difficult.
This has led to much frustration among new English learners.
Teaching English as a Second Language (read teachers) should also evolve to allow for these changes in phonetic morphing. Normal pronounciation should follow “Vowel Power” rules and be clear but…
I am a firm believer in teaching the base of the language: One based on time and how auxiliary verbs help verbs specify such times. This is the base of Spanish, French, English, Greek, Italian, and, many other languages:
To Be
To Do
To Have
Speak of specific times. There are three pasts, three pre-sents and three futures, as a minimum, in all of these lan-guages (more info at www.phrazzleme.com).
Wadayado?
Wadayadoing?
Wadayadone?
English Phonetics: “Wadaya?”By Marcelo Montecinos on August 29, 2012.
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All start with “wadaya”. This creates listening, fast think-ing and confusion on the part of the foreigner.
It requires the listener to realize what the question is by only listening to the ending of the verb:
“Wadayado”
“DO”…therefore the rest must be “What do you” since “to do” is followed by base form.
“Wadayadoing”
“Doing”…therefore the previous must be “What are you” since “ing” goes with “are”.
“Wadayadone”
“Done”=past participle therefore the latter must be “What have you”.
If you miss the verb and it’s form, you misunderstand the question…and there is a huge difference between the three:
What do you do? = for a living (I’m an English teacher).
What are you doing? = NOW (I am writing an article).
What have you done? = In your life (I’ve traveled a lot. I’ve tried marijuana. I’ve killed many men.)
I hope that this has taught you, as a teacher and a student of English, that the ending verb form is MOST important in telling you what the auxiliary verb was that came be-fore such.
This is an extremely valuable lesson when considering that other words are always added to these phrases and questions…such as “Want to”:
Wadayawana do?= What do you want to do?
Wadayawana eat?
Wadayawana see (movie)?
Wadayawana drink?
This phonetic principle is extremely important since the American language does this often with other question words such as “How”:
Hayabeen? = How have you been (fine thanks).
Hayadoing? = How are you doing? (well thanks).
Hadayado? = How do you do? (It’s a pleasure to meet you too).
Hayadothat? = How did you do that? (I don’t know. I just did…).
Conclusion
Teachers should travel and learn how the English language is truly spoken or should teach using movies and music to also teach phonetics. Not doing so is doing your students a dis-service and setting them up for a future fall.
I remember an old saying in Canada: “The people that speak English best in Canada are the foreigners.”. ILC
Huh?!
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FoodyChile: Santiago’s Second-Best EmpanadaBy Colin Bennett on August 30, 2012.
Making the best empanada in Chile is a big deal. Some-how I can only imagine the truly best empanada coming from somewhere deep in the countryside, from an old lady with cracked hands that can work that flour and wa-ter into a life-giving dough, filled with a tasty beef, onions, egg, and an olive from the Azapa valley.
Just the right combination, not too much crust, not too much onion, a pinch of aji de color, cooked in a mud oven till crispy but never burnt. A treat that will fill your belly and warm your soul. Something she has done for decades and learned from her grandmother
To identify lo mejor in the city, Chile’s Circulo de Cronis-tas Gastronomicos each year (since 2004) is charged with finding this perfect rendition of Chile’s favorite food, or at least the best in the Region Metropolitana, which we’ll call the Greater Santiago area.
It’s quite a feat. They sampled 100 different empanadas over two days in the Cousiño Macul vineyard located on the edge of city and mountain. Not sure how you could taste 100 empanadas and still differentiate or want to eat the next day, but they sacrificed so we could be all the better fed.
Can’t find the best empanada in town? Try number two.
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Now it’s worth taking the time to stop and look at this chal-lenge. More than the mere fact of eating a bunch of bread based products, this is taking a stab at a cultural icon, the empanada is a pillar of Chilean family gatherings. To say one is the best is to invite plenty of criticism, skepticism and outright rejection from all sorts of walks of life.
The panel of jurors looked at those important factors mentioned above: the crust, the pino (filling), how much onion is used? They then ranked the results.
The winner? A place called Paulaa located on Av. Los Mili-tares 6946. The victory call went out this week and the masses were set in motion. I went today to sample this de-lectable bite of Chilean culture. I wasn’t alone, turns out winning this contest is good for business. The place looked like somewhere that they focus on churning out quality, typically Chilean bread products to take home to the family.
But, the call was a bit too good for business, or in oth-er words, they couldn’t keep up with the demand. They didn’t have a thing. Not their typical pino, not even with Merken (which was advertised with a simple hand writ-ten paper at register and sounded great), nor ANY of their other combinations, which all sounded very tempting. Nothing. They offered to take payment and I could come back in two hours and skip the line. For another day.
I wasn’t alone in the dissatisfaction of waiting in line and getting turned away. There were about 12 others, even one of the jurors from a food publisher here in the capital, who said he sampled it in the contest, but had no idea which one it was (just one of a hundred at the time). We both walked away empty-handed and very, very hungry.
So what to do? Try number two. In this case Montserrat, a supermarket chain which caught the second ranking. The results said it came from their Santiago Oriente lo-cation on Av. Las Condes 9350. But upon buying it, the kid working the stand told me they have a central station which makes all the empandas and then distributes them. It was a bit small, tasty, not too much crust (a good thing) with very tender chopped beef. Good, but not the best. Where’s that old lady when you need her?
Have a look at the Top 10 list, just make sure to show up early in the day to not get the disappointment of ending up with number two went you want the top spot:. ILC
1. Paulaa, Av. Los Militares 6946, Las Condes ($990)
2. Montserrat, Av. Las Condes 9350, Las Condes ($990)
3. La Hojarasca, Av. Quilín 6695, Peñalolén ($ 900)
4. Da Dino, Av. Apoquindo 4226, Las Condes ($1.150)
5. Holz en Jumbo La Dehesa, Portal La Dehesa, Lo Barne-chea ($ 1.199)
6. La Punta, Los Abedules 3016, Vitacura, ($1.240)
7. Álvaro Monti, Av. Manuel Montt 2112, Ñuñoa ($950)
8. Roysar, Av. Antonio Varas 2487, Ñuñoa ($1.100)
9. Santa Isabel, Av. Las Condes 12207, Las Condes ($999)
10. Las Bezanilla, Av. Vitacura 3744, Vitacura, ($1.150)
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Valdivia and German Beer: A Winning CombinationBy Lara Jakob on September 1, 2012.
In the mid-1800s in the south of Chile, a period of German colonization be-gan in order to bring growth and de-velopment to the region. There was a period of massive unrest in Germany, and the landscapes in the Los Lagos region are very similar to Germany and neighboring Switzerland.
This period of colonization under President Manuel Montt had a huge influence on the way buildings have been built, the abundance of kuchen, and the quality of the beer.
The most famous brewery in the re-gion is the Cervezeria Kuntsmann in Valdivia. Set up as a tourist attraction, you can take a tour of the vats and locations where they make and test the beer and there is also a museum tacked on in case you fancy looking at wax models of people in lederhosen.
The tour itself costs CL$5,000 which is far more than it warrants as you can see many of the vats exposed through transparent panes behind the bar – going in to the room and
seeing them up close is not that thrill-ing. The tour doesn’t take you to any-thing much more exciting, and if you already know about the process of making beer, doesn’t teach you any-thing new.
The museum has some informa-tion about the previous Anwandter Brewery, which is famous in the re-gion. It was the main cervezeria in Valdivia and was destroyed once by fire, and secondly by the earth-quake in 1960. Kuntsmann began to be brewed for personal use after Anwandter went down.
At the bar, you have the opportunity to taste each of the eleven beers that Kuntsmann brew. There are two fla-voured beers – blueberry and honey.
German pubs are among the greatest
in the universe.
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When the Germans came to Chile, great
beer came with them.
The blueberry one manages not to be too tart, and almost tastes like blackcur-rant cordial. The honey flavour is pretty strong in the latter, and for me, it’s too strong. You can get a much lighter taste of honey from the non-alchoholic beer they make. The best of the Kunstmann beers has to be the Torobayo, an ale that tastes similar to a black beer, with slight barbeque flavors.
The other commercial brewery just down the road from Kuntsmann is Salzburg, which I also visited. It is much less touristic, and the area for visitors is mainly a restaurant. There is no organised tour, but you’re wel-come to pop in and try their beers. The black beer for me was disap-pointing. Although it was the strong-est beer they brew, it had the most watered down taste. The Altes Ale was actually closer to the taste of an enjoyable dark beer, and tasted by far the strongest even though it is only 4.5 percent.
Following the road to Niebla further along, I was recommended to drop in at the El Duende Artisenal brewery. Here, the beer is hand-made in much smaller quantities with all natural in-gredients. They all have reasonably high alcohol content, even the Rubia is six percent.
Sadly, I couldn’t try the black beer as they had sold out, and none were ready to be bottled yet, but the owner, Juan Luis, joined me for a Rubia which was smooth and soft on the palate. It had absolutely none of the bitterness you can come to expect from the com-mercial lager we normally drink, and instead was almost sweet and, as Juan Luis put it, well-balanced.
He also teaches people how to make beer, in day sessions, possibly helping the brewer of the future continue the tradition of beer in the area.
There are many other small artisa-nal breweries in the area, including Cuello Negro whose black beer goes the opposite direction and ups the bitterness, to the point where you feel as though you’re drinking very bitter coffee. It’s just on the cusp of enjoyable. The Bundor Black beer is far less bitter, and much easier to drink (whether or not that’s a good thing is questionable!). It’s thicker and creamier than the Cuello Negro, but ultimately less interesting.
Travelling back that day, I stocked up with El Duendes with the taste of good beer on my lips. The lakes, evergreen trees and wooden chalets passing the bus transported me back to Germany, and it almost felt strange stepping off the bus to say gracias!. ILC
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Deftones to Return to Chile for Maquinaria FestivalBy Daniel Boyle on August 25, 2012.
SANTIAGO — Deftones singer Chino Moreno will return to Chile in November to play the Maquinaria Festival. Moreno performed at Lollapalooza this year with his side project Crosses, while the hard rockers made their third appear-ance in Chile at last year’s Lollapalooza festival. The band is currently hard at work on their follow up to Diamond Eyes, which is due to be released later in the year.
After a car accident in 2008, bassist Chi Cheng has been in a coma ever since. The fact plays on the mind of the vo-calist every day. “You’re used to having someone in your job and in your life every day and suddenly they’re not there. But he is still alive. It’s not like he’s gone and we can grieve him. There’s still a chance we can have a conversa-tion with him again. It’s a weird thing,” Moreno told the Boston Herald ahead of a show with System of a Down.
In a career spanning almost 25 years, the band have reached platinum on three records (Adrenaline, White Pony and Around the Fur). While during the late 1990s, the band were lumped in amongst “nu-metal” acts like Limp Bizkit and Korn, their career has seen them remove themselves from the undesirable “nu-metal” tag, to be seen more as pioneers of alternative, heavy rock, influ-encing many bands around the world in the process.
Since starting in 1988, the band has traversed an eclec-tic range of styles, from heavy metal, to more ambiental sounds. Deftones have previewed two of the new tracks from the forthcoming album, “Rosemary” and “Roller Derby”. There is a possibility of the band recording an Elvis Presley track as a b-side.
Deftones join Slash and Stone Sour on the bill, though the festival will need to announce more acts to compare with the 2011 lineup, which included Faith No More, Sonic Youth, Snoop Dogg and Megadeth. ILC
Photo: Deftones
Deftones return to Chile for Maquinaria Festival.
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Trivium and Dragonforce to Share the Stage in ChileBy Daniel Boyle on August 29, 2012.
SANTIAGO — Chilean heavy metal fans will have a treat in September when heavyweights Trivium and DragonForce share the stage at Tea-tro Caupolicán on September 12. DragonForce will appear for the first time in South America with new sing-er Marc Hudson. Their most recent work, “The Power Within” is the first with Hudson on board.
The British power metal band are no-torious for their incredibly fast solos and fantasy inspired lyrics.
Dragonforce will join Trivium in Chile.
Headlining the show will be melodic thrash act Trivium. Both bands were formed in 1999 and have had numer-ous sound and style changes over recent years. Both bands have risen to be leading bands in the world of modern metal. Trivium’s most re-cent release, “In Waves”, came out in 2011, with the band reported to be working on a new album.
The visit from the big name acts con-cludes a huge week for Chilean metal fans, with Megadeth playing two shows
on September 7 and 8 and Coal Cham-ber arriving in Chile on September 9.
Tickets are available through the Tick-etek system for CL$27,000. ILC
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Chilean Youth Orchestra Surprises Metro PassengersBy Daniel Boyle on August 29, 2012.
MAIPU — Passengers travelling on the metro between Pla-za de Maipu and Barrancas received a surprise this morn-ing, when part of the Chilean Youth Orchestra joined Chil-ean First Lady Cecilia Morel for a surprise performance on Line 5 in order to promote their upcoming European tour.
The Primera Dama said of the tour, “We are sharing our joy for this European tour, which starts on September 21. When spring starts, after the national holiday. They’re going to take your best trip to the cradle of classical music, something they have never done. Many of these young people have never even been outside of Chile.”
“Metro, besides being the main means of transportation in Santiago, is an important agent of cultural diffusion and a meeting point for the city. We are happy that we could share with our guests the great work done by these young musicians,” said Metro President Fernando Cañas.
The tour will feature 75 musicians between 18 and 24 years of age, performing seven concerts in four countries. Before leaving Chile, the orchestra will play on September 12 at Teatro Escuela de Carabineros. ILC
Photo: Gabinete Primera Dama
Chile’s Primera Dama joins Chile’s youth orchestra for a surprise performance
in the metro.
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