Chile's Earthquake

On February 27, 2010 Chile had the fourth most strongest earthquake in history with a magnitude of 8.8 which lasted 90 seconds. The earthquake hap pend 70 miles into the sea and affected Chile completely with the earthquake Chile also had tsunamis that devastated people's homes by also killing hundreds of people. The former president Michelle Bachelet had a couple of days left for her presidency to finish and Mr. Pinero to take over the presidency. President Obama offered his help and Hillary Clinton also went To Chile to see what we could help on.

Here are some videos that inform what happened with the earthquake

Art

During the years Chile has not obtained support until 192 when 26 million dollars were given to artistic projects that would benefit art and culture. the poem La Araucana made by Alonso de Ercilla was considered the best literature of Chile which expressed admiration to the Araucanian Indians. In 1945 Lucila Godoy Alcayaga won the Nobel price of literature and on 1971 Pablo Neruda also won the award. paintings are also something that the people of Chile are also proud of and could be seen in the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art. in the 19Th century the paintings of Pedro Lira were about the rustic outsides.



In Chile the most famous artist right now is Americo and I put a video so you guys can see it



http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Chile.html

Economy

During the 1970s Chile was the best performing economy in the South America. During the 80s and 90s Chile saw a constant growth in their economy with a rate of 6.4%.In 1999 Chile saw its first downfall in more than 15 years because hydroelectric shortfalls, reduction of crop, and electricity rationing. Chile has 57 agreements with many countries including the US which we have free trade with established in January 4, 2004. Chile's wealth sovereign wealth is kept outside Chile and separated to the Central Bank. 4 billion dollars were used in Chile from their wealth as a stimulus package in 2008. Chile grows grapes, pears, apples, wheat, corn, onions, peaches, and asparagus. The industries the are in Chile focus on copper, iron, fish , steel, wood, textile, and minerals. Chile exports fish, fruits, wine and copper to other countries. Imports natural gas, petroleum, vehicles, and machinery to their country.

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Daily Life

Most Chileans eat four times a day breakfast consist of bread and coffee the main meal in Chile is at 1 or 2 pm which is made up of two dishes one includes meat and the other dish is a salad that could be ensalada chilena, including sliced onions, chopped and peeled tomatoes, an oil and vinegar dressing, and fresh cilantro (coriander). At 5pm they eat bread with jam and something to drink like tead and at 9pm they have their dinner. Their food consist in European and indigenous flavors. The indigenous people in the Andes make
humitas, which contains a paste of white corn, fried onions, and basil, wrapped in corn husks and cooked in boiling water.

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Religion

The ratio of Religion
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3%

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Facts about Chile

Chile has a population of 15,017,800 people, most of the people live in urban areas. most of the people in Chile have European descent. Chile has Palastanian community in their country as well as indigenous people which is the largest Native American population. The main language in Chile is Spanish and the indigenous people speak Aymara and Mapudungu. September 18 is a national holiday in Chile because it is their independence from Spain. For their independence chile celebrates by listening to folkrore music and traditional food. Chilians visit Fondas which is traditional palm, drink wine, eat empanadas, and dance cueca.Chile's native person would be huaso who is a cowboy with a hat, a poncho and boots.

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History of Chile

Before the 16th Century when the spaniards arrived to Chile the northen side of Chile was ruled by the Incas and the central and southern part by indigenous people Mapuche. Chile declared their independence in 1810 but it was not until 1818 when they took control and not the spaniards. Chile had warrs with Peru and Bolivia in order to get what it is known the norther part of Chile now. In 1973 the president Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military coup Augusto Pinochet. In was not only until the 1990's that Pinochet left the residency but during the 80's Chile had a steady growth and reduction of poverty. In 1993 Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was elected president and sentenced pinochet to seven years in jail and secret police six years. In 2005 Michelle Bachelet became the first president to be female in Chile. her father was one of the men that Pinochet killed when he was a dictator. In 2010 Sebastian Pinera became president of Chile.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/HISTOR~5.htm
http://www.biography.com/articles/Michelle-Bachelet-37782