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    Sommerhoff is a native chilensis, born in Santiago in June 1977. He was the grandson of Michael Kast, a German Nazi officer who tricked the Americans when he gave himself up in Italy. With lots of makeup, he hid his truly character of a bloodthirsty Hitlerian warrior and claimed to belong to the humanitarian Red Cross. Once in Chile he would devoted to sausage-making. Grandfather Michael, according to what Grandmother Olga writes in her book Mission of Love / Misión de Amor, disguised his Nazi condition

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    South America is a subcontinent rich in culture, folklore, traditions, art and history. The subcontinent has 6% of the world population. It is divided into 12 countries which are; Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela. It also has 7 territories. South America has a very diverse culture. The largest country in the continent is Brazil with the Amazon native forest covering other countries. Each country has its own particular culture

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    and political activist in a time of terminal in Chile. Jara was born on September 23rd, 1932 in Lonquen to a family of peasants. Lonquen is a town in Chile, located between the communities of Talagante and Isla de Maipo, within the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. When his father became abusive towards his mother, Jara took refuge with music. His mother insisted on an education for her children and they were sent to a catholic school in Santiago. When Jara was only 15 his mother passed away and

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    protest., New Song embraced a commitment to social justice, political engagement, and anti-imperialism. (McSherry, 2017; Morris, 1986). Bob Dylan and Joan Baez in the United States and Ali Primera in Venezuela were part of the musical movement. In Chile, the aforementioned musicians and folklorists were the core of the New Song movement. Victor Jara was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in days immediately after the military coup on September 11, 1973 because of his musical and political activism

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    the end, the purpose is bringing some balance between TBTF banks and small and medium size banks, in a real free market environment. SECTION ONE CHILEAN BANKING INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL CRISES a. Introduction One of the most important episodes that Chile has faced in its entire history is the huge banking and financial crisis in 1982-1983. Domestic financial deregulation and economic crisis led to substantial failure of its local economy. Additionally, there took place a considerable bailout of the

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    Facts About Chile

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    slice of blue ice and a big portion of the oceans. Not wanting to let all of this beauty to go to waste, He gathered it all in a corner of the earth. This place was called Chile. There are many stories like this one that tells about a land that broke up into thousands of little islands. Now this country is known as the Republic of Chile, which in its native language means “Where the land runs out”. This country is known for being a country of ice and fire, with hot springs volcanoes and glaciers. It has

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    Bolivia Outline

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    are all found in Bolivia. Llamas are used as pack animals and for meat and fleece. The alpacas are better for fleece. 9. There are two main people groups: Mestizos, a mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry and Ameridians Quechua and Aymara. 10. Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia is the world's largest salt flats. It is larger than Nova Scotia. From the flats they gather the following: a. Sodium b.

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    Home Depot in Chile: Case study * Constanza Bianchi<img alt="Corresponding author contact information" src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com/sd/entities/REcor.gif">, <img src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com/sd/entities/REemail.gif" alt="E-mail the corresponding author"> * Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Presidente Errazuriz, 3485, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile * http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.09.013, How to Cite or Link Using DOI * Permissions

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    revolutions”. Latin American countries such as Chile, exemplify a country that has experienced an evolution from an authoritarian rule to a democratic regime due to factors such as the political structure, stateness, economic performance, social institutions, and international power and influence, that have contributed and, or hindered to a democratization. During the 18th century Chile was a colony of Spain, however, the stateness problem was solved when Chile became independent form Spain in 1818 creating

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    Pablo Neruda Massacres

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    massacres continue and like the poem said “in the middle of the plaza was not hid scrub the pure blood of the people….. Nobody hid this crime. This crime was in the middle of the patria” that was happening right now in many countries like Mexico, Chile, Colombia,

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