ferring seagull
Well-known member
- Dec 30, 2010
- 4,607
Thanks, it is a glorious representation of what has happened over the years as a result of politicians being not 'totally aware' of local circumstances !
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Interesting facts about Chile.
- Thread starter Questions
- Start date
Thanks, it is a glorious representation of what has happened over the years as a result of politicians being not 'totally aware' of local circumstances !
Like it or not, Allende won an election in three-way battle with two other democratic parties. This was acknowledged by those well-known communist sympathisers, the US State Department when it described US involvement in overthrowing a democratically elected government. "Actions approved by the U.S. government during this period aggravated political polarization and affected Chile's long tradition of democratic elections and respect for the constitutional order and the rule of law"
U.S. Dept. of State's White House Press Statement 11-13-00
The idea that Chile was even close to being a one-party state is, well, looney
Interesting Facts about Chile
- Chile borders three different countries; Argentina to the east, Bolivia to the northeast and Peru to the north
- Chile has an unusual ribbon shape. It is 4300 km long and just 175 km wide (on average)
- Forests, grazing land, volcanoes and lakes are all features of southern Chile.
- Chile had to endure a 17 year military dictatorship between 1973-1990 that left more than 3000 people either dead or missing
- It is believed that Native Americans settled in Chile about 10,000 years ago. They settled along the coast as the most fertile land was found there
- Michelle Bachelet Jeria was the first woman president ever in Chile and was elected in January 2006.
- Chile is the world’s 38th largest country. It is about twice the size of Japan
- The population of Chile is expected to be about 20.2 million by 2050
- About 10% of the Chilean population consider themselves indigenous to the region. However, according to the 2002 census, only about half of these people still speak a native language or practice a native culture
- There are an estimated 840,000 Chileans living abroad. More than half of these live in Argentina. 2% of these live in my home country, Australia.
- The most popular sport in Chile is football (soccer to Australians and Americans). The Chilean football team won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Tennis is the second most popular sport in Chile, with Fernando González the last Chilean to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
- The two gold medals won by Chile in the Olympic Games come from tennis. They have also won six silver medals (in athletics, equestrian, boxing and shooting) and four bronze medals (in tennis, boxing and football).
- Tourism is growing very quickly in Chile. In 2005, tourism generated more than $US4.5 billion.
- The main language spoken in Chile is Spanish, but there are also many indigenous languages that are spoken by a minority of Chileans.
- Catholicism is the main religion is Chile.
Facts about Chile
-Chile's coastline stretches 2,700 miles long, running from the Atacama, the world's most arid desert in the north, through forests, valleys, mountains, lakes, glacier fields, the Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Circle in the south. Chile is never more than 110 miles wide east to west.
-Unlike most of the world, Chile is blessed with natural barriers. The fruit-growing region is protected by the Andes Mountains on the east, the Antarctic ice cap to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Atacama Desert to the north.
-Chile has a broad spectrum of growing climates. These climactic variations favor diversified production of fruits and prolonged harvest seasons. In the past 16 years, fresh fruit exports from Chile to North America have increased over 700 percent. Chile is the primary wintertime source (over 95 percent) of fresh grapes for the US and Canada.
-The Chilean fruit-growing season is opposite that ofthe US., so marketing is complementary rather than competitive.
-There are more than 2,00 0 volcanoes in Chile, of which 50 are actually active.
-Chile is the second-largest producer of salmon in the world.
-Chile provides North America with almost 15 percent of all its fruit sales during the months of November through April.
-Soccer is Chile's national sport.
-Chile is the home of two Nobel Prize winning poets, Gabriela Mistral(1945), and Pablo Neruda(1971).
-David Selkirk, immortalized as Robinson Crusoe, survived a shipwreck and lived for several years on a desert island off the coast of Chile, no doubt thriving on the nutritional benefits of fresh fruit.
CIA - The World Factbook
- Chile borders three different countries; Argentina to the east, Bolivia to the northeast and Peru to the north
- Chile has an unusual ribbon shape. It is 4300 km long and just 175 km wide (on average)
- Forests, grazing land, volcanoes and lakes are all features of southern Chile.
- Chile had to endure a 17 year military dictatorship between 1973-1990 that left more than 3000 people either dead or missing
- It is believed that Native Americans settled in Chile about 10,000 years ago. They settled along the coast as the most fertile land was found there
- Michelle Bachelet Jeria was the first woman president ever in Chile and was elected in January 2006.
- Chile is the world’s 38th largest country. It is about twice the size of Japan
- The population of Chile is expected to be about 20.2 million by 2050
- About 10% of the Chilean population consider themselves indigenous to the region. However, according to the 2002 census, only about half of these people still speak a native language or practice a native culture
- There are an estimated 840,000 Chileans living abroad. More than half of these live in Argentina. 2% of these live in my home country, Australia.
- The most popular sport in Chile is football (soccer to Australians and Americans). The Chilean football team won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Tennis is the second most popular sport in Chile, with Fernando González the last Chilean to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
- The two gold medals won by Chile in the Olympic Games come from tennis. They have also won six silver medals (in athletics, equestrian, boxing and shooting) and four bronze medals (in tennis, boxing and football).
- Tourism is growing very quickly in Chile. In 2005, tourism generated more than $US4.5 billion.
- The main language spoken in Chile is Spanish, but there are also many indigenous languages that are spoken by a minority of Chileans.
- Catholicism is the main religion is Chile.
Facts about Chile
-Chile's coastline stretches 2,700 miles long, running from the Atacama, the world's most arid desert in the north, through forests, valleys, mountains, lakes, glacier fields, the Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Circle in the south. Chile is never more than 110 miles wide east to west.
-Unlike most of the world, Chile is blessed with natural barriers. The fruit-growing region is protected by the Andes Mountains on the east, the Antarctic ice cap to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Atacama Desert to the north.
-Chile has a broad spectrum of growing climates. These climactic variations favor diversified production of fruits and prolonged harvest seasons. In the past 16 years, fresh fruit exports from Chile to North America have increased over 700 percent. Chile is the primary wintertime source (over 95 percent) of fresh grapes for the US and Canada.
-The Chilean fruit-growing season is opposite that ofthe US., so marketing is complementary rather than competitive.
-There are more than 2,00 0 volcanoes in Chile, of which 50 are actually active.
-Chile is the second-largest producer of salmon in the world.
-Chile provides North America with almost 15 percent of all its fruit sales during the months of November through April.
-Soccer is Chile's national sport.
-Chile is the home of two Nobel Prize winning poets, Gabriela Mistral(1945), and Pablo Neruda(1971).
-David Selkirk, immortalized as Robinson Crusoe, survived a shipwreck and lived for several years on a desert island off the coast of Chile, no doubt thriving on the nutritional benefits of fresh fruit.
CIA - The World Factbook
Medwayseagull
JCB
Thats finished the thread as this list must be every interesting fact about Chile ever published.
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Well actually it doesn't, in fact I can't believe that Chile's mineral wealth doesn't even get a mention! (Didn't it fuel WW1?)
And Ackers, how can an ice pack protect a fruit growing region?
The same way it protects a non-fruit growing region?
I think it's more about making a natural barrier to predators/invaders etc making it difficult for people to get in, more than it being specifically beneficial for growing fruit. I could be wrong.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
In the mountains they chew Coca leaves to combat altitude sickness. ( Yer right.) 
They also eat Guinea Pigs.
They also eat Guinea Pigs.
Nottseagull
Well-known member
They stock them in the Chiled food section.
turienzo's lovechild
New member
- Oct 25, 2003
- 23,964
chile's greatest musical export is the red hot chile peppers, who are a red hot chili peppers tribute act
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Ah yes, I was thinking of the climate. I guess those four diverse features would all be a deterrent to locusts etc.
looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
- 15,652
Erm the yanks overthrew another democraticly elected government as well, The Third Riech, with our asistance. Wether a government was elected fairly is a mute point in some situations. Zimbabwe, The Third Reich, Ahmidinajad?
The fact that Allende was in close conversation with Fidel Castro and willing to allow Cuban troops into Chile was enough for the balloon to go up in Washington. Allendes Henchmen where already attacking the opposition as well as allende altering the constitution.
Which reminds me, Hugo Chavez is another elected south American socialist psycopath. hes already shutting down opposition media. How long before he sets up his own killing fields? Same old story really, socialism leads to genocide.
Fur Cough
New member
Chile is good TV when sitting alone, in a hotel room, 17 floors up, with busted foot, unable to move last October and watching 20 hours of men being removed from the earth.
BBC world news was the only channel on TV.
BBC world news was the only channel on TV.
Medwayseagull
JCB
Wow- in which case I am going to leave this thread alone as I cannot stand any more excitement.
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
and on a sombre note, it seems the poor buggers get devastating earthquakes than NZ.... On a brighter one though remember this....http://www.caughtoffside.com/2011/07/04/larissa-riquelme-photo-special-model-to-strip-naked-on-the-pitch-if-paraguay-win-copa-america/
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Very true, I was supposed to go to Chile last year but they had a really bad earthquake the day before I left the UK, the airport in Santiago was pretty badly damaged so I had to give it a miss. Will be trying again next spring, fingers crossed that the Earth doesn't start shaking again...mind you they also get volcanoes!
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Flaming typical!