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Tourist Tips
Greetings and kisses Chilean Style by Hostel&Tours If you are used to traveling, chances are you might have experienced one of those embarrassing moments of misunderstanding a greeting. There’s nothing worse than those episodes where one reaches out his arm for a handshake, while the other person leans over to kiss the new acquaintance on the cheek. Don’t worry; we will try our best so that you avoid that experience in Santiago, so read on. You will see that younger Chileans are very informal and will greet you with an “hola,” but if you are meeting someone for the first time, use the formal way of greeting by saying “buenos días,” “buenas tardes” or ”buenas noches,” just to be on the safe side. Even older generations of Chileans are becoming very casual about the whole greeting thing, but in order not to insult anyone, it is a good idea to let them set the tone themselves. If you meet someone for business or are not being introduced to the person by common friends, go with a handshake if you are a man. Women usually pat each other on the right arm or touch the right
shoulder. Some business people are pretty relaxed, so be prepared for a kiss on the right cheek if you are a woman. Use your gut feeling – it should be possible to sense right away if it is a formal or informal business meeting. Chileans are very warm people and use kissing on the cheek as a way of greeting each other if they are friends or family. If you are introduced to someone by a Chilean friend, you can also expect them to kiss you once on the right cheek. Hugging is not as common as in other countries, but you may see male friends giving each other a loose hug while patting each other on the back. Even if you end up in a situation where you go wrong, remember that Chileans are very kind people who will understand if you are not completely familiar with their customs, and they will most likely just laugh and then move on. To be completely sure, just wait and see what they do in the situation, and follow their lead.
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Written by Kiki Lenihan
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Monday March 19th 2012
“extraordinary” wine, which “is worth finding, buying and consuming,” according to the publicaTon.
Aysén Demonstrations
For the Carmín de Peumo, this is the second Tme it has received the highest score from Robert Parker. During the 2003 and 2005 seasons, the wine received 97 points, which is the highest score ever achieved in the wine industry. Also, the Carmín de Peumo 2008 won 95 points and is also situated in a prominent posiTon within the Carménère world. In addiTon to the two extraordinary wines, “ The Million Dollar Nose” placed almost 200 Chilean wines in the “outstanding” category, ranging between 90 and 95 points. The prices range of Chilean wines are anywhere from $14 U.S. Dollars for a Marques de Concha y Toro to U.S. $149 for Carmín de Peumo 2007.
A march in Aysén on Sunday, March 18th ended in the burning of a police bus. Amidst a seemingly calm Sunday adernoon, over 500 people took to the streets of Aysén in the conTnuous story of the demonstraTons in this southern region. The demonstraTon,”Aysen, your problem is my problem,” has gained the support of taxi drivers from Coyhaique, who on Sunday marched through different streets of the village to join in the protest. At the end of the day, about 100 protesters marched to the town Pedro Aguirre Cerda to finish the day’s demonstraTon with a burning of a micro, water cannons, and police vehicles.
Tuesday March 20th 2012 Camila Vallejo travels to Calama
Chilean Wines Honored
Two Chilean wines obtained one of the highest scores in the annual review performed by the world’s most influenTal wine taster, Robert Parker (aka “ The Wine Advocate”). A 2007 Carmín de Peumo Carménère from Concha y Toro (in Valle de Rapel) and a 2008 Chadwick Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 (from Valle de Maipo), both scored 96 points out of a possible 100. According to Robert Parker’s analysis scale, this places them as the best qualified: An
Secretary General Andrés Chadwick criTcized the massive protests organized for Tuesday (March 20th) in Calama and in CONFECH on Wednesday (March 21st), warning that the government will not listen to those who call all soluTons offered by the authoriTes “insufficient”. Chadwick stated, “We, as the government, regret that some voices find everything that government does inadequate. This government will act with the utmost seriousness, with the highest responsibility, and will not be carried away by voices that claim everything to be inadequate or by those who threaten violence.” 3
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ILC Weekly News Brief According to the spokesman, “ The voices that just want to make trouble for the government, all they want is trouble and therefore we are not going to listen to them, but those who really are commiXed to solving problems, we want to work with them.” Regarding those who convene these demonstraTons, Chadwick blamed the Communist Party (PC) and its top leaders, who he strongly criTcized for their acTve parTcipaTon in the marches. Chadwick also doubted the usefulness of the presence of the vice president of the FECH, Camila Vallejo. However, Vallejo released a statement saying that she will travel to the protests in Calama even though the UDI has been harassing her to not aXend the protest.
Update on Daniel Zamudio President of the Movement of Homosexual IntegraTon and LiberaTon (MOVILH), Rolando Jimenez, told Chilean newspaper La Tercera on Monday adernoon (March 19th) that Daniel Zamudio suffered a cardiac arrest around 12:30, which was the product of a seizure. As the leader said, the 24-‐year-‐ old had an episode of seizures, but was stabilized by specialists from the Central Hospital where he remains ader being aXacked by a neo-‐Nazi group on the morning of March 3rd. On the other hand, the director of the Central Hospital, Emilio Villalon, reported that Zamudio”is at his most criTcal point and is clearly going to have neurological damage, but you cannot determine the level.” The young man fell into another coma only a few days ader waking up from one. As he fights for his life, a benefit is being planned for March 29th in the Kmasu Lounge. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Daniel and his family.
Photo Gallery to Open in April PaTo Bellavista will open the first photo gallery in SanTago, hopefully someTme this April, named Galería 64. SanTago’s first photo gallery is the project of photographer and cultural manager Maria Jose Merino. Her idea is to open a space in the city specializing in this photography. “We needed a place in the capital, since there is no gallery to professionalize the photography market,” said the ideologue of the project. Photographs of 20 Chilean photographers will be displayed at Galería 64 including the works of Paz Errázuriz, Tomás Munita, Claudio Bertoni, Alvaro Hoppe and Cristóbal Traslaviña. Barrio Bellavista is already a musical, arTsanal and overall cultural center in SanTago so there are high expectaTons for this new
gallery. The exhibits will display both naTonal and internaTonal photographers and each exhibit will last for 2 months. The gallery will be free of charge and a restaurant will be connected.
Goodbye to Fernando González On Monday night (March 19th), a party was held in honor of Chilean tennis star Fernando González. Many internaTonal figures were present such as fellow tennis players Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Juan MarTn Del Potro, as well as television personaliTes Felipe Viel, Angelica Castro and Nicolas Massu. Nadal praised the “Bombardero” and stated to Chilean radio, Radio Bio Bio,”González was a reference to the enTre LaTn American audience, and I think he is the most important athlete that Chile has ever had.” Nadal also added that he “is a much
loved person within the circuit and it is a great loss to the world of tennis.” His professional career began in 1996, and ader 16 years of puxng Chile on the map in the world of tennis, González will reTre from the game.
Wednesday March 21st 2012 Protest in Calama While the government claims that there were about 3,500 people at the protest in Calama on Tuesday (March 20th), organizers of the demonstraTon were hoping for more than 5,000. However, it went as flawlessly as protests can go. In the morning, the demonstraTon began and government officials, police officers, and protesters said that there was mutual respect for everyone involved.
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ILC Weekly News Brief “This is a strike, but there are not any roadblocks or anything of that nature. Here is a group of people, peaceful neighbors; we are telling the government we really need funds and permanent copper resources for Calama,” Daniel Ramirez, one of the leaders, told Chilean radio staTon Radio CooperaTva. During the protest hundreds of people began to walk, carrying Chilean flags and colorful banners with their demands. While en route more supporters joined the rally, which was guarded by personnel of the Police Special Forces (G.O.P.E.). Among the protesters were a lot of students and labor groups. Also aXending the rally was the student leader Camila Vallejo and President of the ConfederaTon of Copper Workers, CrisTan Cuevas. Ader the protest, Vallejo expressed her support for the mobilizaTon and stated via TwiXer, “We must support the struggle of the workers and their families wherever they are, because we are a people with no borders. Arriba Calama!” The student leader also added, “Calama reflects the ‘salary of Chile’, the high poverty levels, the damage to the environment and life.”
them from entering, but the police force threw tear gas to disperse the protesters. En route to Puerto Cisnes the police arrested a man who was cuxng down trees with a chainsaw in order to prevent the transit of police cars. Meanwhile, in Puerto Aysén, people gathered at various entrances to the city, including the President Ibanez Bridge, in order to reinforce barricades with vehicles and trees trunks. Puerto Aysén has had a decline in internet and cellular recepTon all day, and there have also been rumors that numerous other small pueblos around Puerto Aysén have also blocked the roads to prevent the entry of the troops.
Thursday March 22nd 2012 Chile Found Guilty of Discrimination against Lesbian Judge
Conflict in Aysén
On Tuesday adernoon March 20th), there were a few incidents between Police Special Forces (G.O.P.E.) and residents of Puerto Cisnes (in the Aysén region) as more police forces conTnue to arrive from SanTago to control the conflict that has been going on for several weeks. Witnesses said the officers who entered the region to restore order faced resistance from 85 people living in Puerto Cisnes. Around 2:00pm, police forces arrived with three police vehicles (two water cannon tanks and a bus). Some residents wanted to prevent the troops from entering the town ader a week of fighTng between residents and the police force. Twenty-‐five people stood in front of the police cars and around 60 were behind them in order to keep
The Inter-‐American Court of Human Rights found the Chilean State guilty of discriminaTon against a judge who had been denied custody of her three daughters because she was a lesbian. The ruling, released on the official website of the court, states that the Chilean State must pay $50,000 U.S. Dollars to Judge Karen Atala and her three daughters, and US $12,000 for legal fees carried out from September 2010. Judge Atala filed the suit in November 2004 before the Human Rights Commission ader the Chilean Supreme Court unjustly decided to give custody of her three daughters to her ex-‐husband. In its resoluTon, adopted on February 24 but only now made public, the court noted that the Chilean government “is guilty of the violaTon of the right to privacy.”
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ILC Weekly News Brief the city Tuesday night (March 20th). Dozens of people clashed with police ader the arrival of Special Forces (G.O.P.E.) to the Aysén Region. Governor Nestor Mera called it a night of terror. “We had a day of violence unleashed on our city,” he said. “ The first clashes were in the northern parts of the city where the Special Forces entered, but the clashes later moved to the city center throughout the night. This is delinquency.” Mera said the fighTng took place from about 10 p.m. unTl about 3 a.m. Wednesday morning (March 21st). A group of masked men aXacked the Regional Municipality, the Regional Office, the Family Court, and the Army Corps of Labor buildings. They also looted several shops, banks, pharmacies, and other stores in the area.
crashed into land or went down over the sea. All available resources will be used to search for the missing plane. Three naval vessels, fixed wing aircrad and two helicopters are already hard at work. The Commander of Combat Command of the Air Force, General Carlos Bertens, said that the plane seemed to be on a normal track unTl a drasTc decline occurred in a span of two or three minutes. Currently the Air Service Search and Rescue (SAR) will be managed from Puerto MonX to the Balmaceda sector, where the search will begin.
“The center looks like a war zone,” said the governor. “Many people today do not dare go to work. Stores are quanTfying their losses and they are undoubtedly in the millions. This has never been seen in Coyhaique.” In addiTon to the monetary loses, 15 civilians and four policemen were also wounded during the chaos that reigned throughout the night. Around 20 people have been arrested, 19 for disorderly conduct and the other for thed in an inhabited place.
Friday March 23rd, 2012 Missing Plane
The Director of Civil AviaTon reported that an air ambulance has gone missing in the sector of Balmaceda. The plane led Punta Arenas Wednesday night (March 21st) and was en route to SanTago with six people on board. The last contact the pilot had with air traffic control was about 20 kilometers northeast of Puerto Aguirre. The pilot declared an emergency but then radar contact was lost. Minister Andres Allamand stated that no warning sign has been received yet, but the rescue teams will conTnue searching. It is unknown if the plane
Another Win for La Roja Even without internaTonal superstars, La Roja was sTll able to pull out a 3-‐1 win in the friendly against Peru in Arica, Chile on Thursday March 22nd. In the first 6 minutes of the game, Marcelo Diaz scored the first goal off of a perfect pass from Esteban Paredes. However, Peru answered shortly ader in the 21 minute with a goal by Juan Galiquio ader the Chilean defense broke down into chaos for a moment. Chile responded in the 43rd minute, and Enzo Andia scored a golazo. Esteban Paredes missed a penalty kick, but Eugenio Mena topped Chile off in the 87th minute ader a beauTful pass from Felipe GuTerrez. Mena, an U de Chile player, was the replacement for Jean Beausejour, one of the players involved in the Bau<zazo incident. The original replacement, MaTas Toro, did not impress the judges enough to compete in Wednesday’s match, so Mena was given the opportunity to prove himself. Borghi has already released statements saying that Mena will play the led-‐wing posiTon for both the Bolivia and Venezuela qualifying games in June. Because of his impressive skills over the past year or so, La U has already extended his contract unTl 2015 and given him a significant raise in salary. ILC 6
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President Piñera Begins Asian Tour in Vietnam Written by Daniel Boyle HANOI, VIETNAM – Chilean President SebasTán Piñera began his Asian tour on March 21st in Vietnam. Accompanied by First Lady Cecilia Morel, the five days in Vietnam will be followed by visits to South Korea and Japan. The President will meet U.S. President Barack Obama and other key leaders in the Asia-‐Pacific at a meeTng in Seoul to discuss nuclear security and safety. The visit to Vietnam follows closely on the trip from Chile’s President of the Senate, Guido Gerardi, and follows the raTficaTon of a Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Vietnam. It is believed the agreement will not only strengthen Tes between the two countries, but bring about new opportuniTes with neighboring countries as well. Upon arrival, President Piñera stated, “We want to strengthen Tes with countries in the Asia-‐Pacific community. This will mean more opportuniTes for Chileans, beXer jobs, beXer wages and more progress.” The Asian tour has a number of objecTves, with the three countries receiving a total of US$14 billion worth of exports from Chile. However, the visit to Vietnam won’t only be about business. The presidenTal entourage will also visit the world-‐famous UNESCO site Halong Bay.
Three senators have accompanied the president, with Carlos Larraín (RN), Eduardo Frei (DC) and José García Ruminot (UDI) joining the tour. Twenty Chilean business representaTves are also present. They will join a business forum in Ho Chi Minh city on Friday, March 23rd. The First Lady has her own program of events during the tour. While in Vietnam she will visit a farming community which is made up of women. Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno will join the tour and said that he hopes to share lessons between Chile and Japan in the wake of both countries being hit by major natural disasters. The tour also hopes to progress talks in regards to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Currently there are nine Pacific countries negoTaTon the agreement. Canada, Mexico and Japan have also expressed interest in joining the partnership. Back in Chile, protesters in Aysén have called for the President to return from his tour to put an end to the conflict in the region. The president is due to return to Chile on March 31st.
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Statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Written by Matt Niner “Leaving prejudice and racism to simmer on the back burner creates a real risk of conflict erupCng” – Pillay
reading of the kinds of conflicts that could have been prevented had those early warnings been heeded.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Today, the InternaTonal Day for the EliminaTon of Racial DiscriminaTon, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued the following statement to the world community:
On this Interna<onal Day for the Elimina<on of Racial Discrimina<on, I call on States to heed the early warnings of prejudice, stereotypes, ignorance and xenophobia. I call on them to address, urgently, the marginaliza<on and exclusion of individuals belonging to certain communi<es from poli<cal and economic decision-‐making. I call for a process of consulta<on and constant dialogue with all sectors of society, a redoubling of efforts to ensure that access to jobs, to land, to poli<cal and economic rights is not con<ngent on one’s color, ethnic, na<onal or racial background, and that development projects do not dispropor<onately disadvantage a par<cular community.
The rela<onship between racism and conflict is a deep-‐ rooted, well-‐established one. A number of studies have shown that one of the earliest indicators of poten<al violence is the chronic disregard of minority rights. One survey by an interna<onal non-‐governmental organiza<on indicated that more than 55 per cent of violent conflicts of a significant intensity between 2007 and 2009 had viola<ons of minority rights or tensions between communi<es at their core. Last year alone, we saw many terrible examples of ethnic violence in the midst of several conflicts in a number of countries around the world. Last week, on a visit to Guatemala, I saw for myself the tragic and longstanding consequences of historical prac<ces of racism against indigenous peoples and Afro-‐ descendants. Guatemala is s<ll addressing the legacy of 36 years of armed conflict.
These are not new obliga<ons on governments, but have long been part of the universally agreed human rights commitments made by States.
Leaving the dangerous societal problems of prejudice and racism to simmer on the back burner creates a real risk of explosive conflicts erup<ng, years or decades later. Racism and prejudice can provide, propel and perpetuate the narra<ves that create and sustain conflict – whether in the developed or developing world. Preven<on of such conflict is clearly more desirable than Let us not wait un<l grievances turn to violence or later aWempts to douse the flames and begin difficult prejudice turns to genocide before we take ac<on. ILC processes of rebuilding, reconcilia<on and jus<ce – not to men<on the human and social costs. But the problem is that the earliest warnings of prejudice and discord are so o[en ignored, and it is only when the later, more sinister signs begin to emerge that the State and the interna<onal community react. Twenty years ago, the Declara<on on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Na<onal or Ethnic, Religious and Linguis<c Minori<es recognized clearly the link between poli<cal and social stability and the promo<on and protec<on of the rights of na<onal, ethnic, religious and linguis<c minori<es. States also recognized in the Durban Declara<on and Program of Ac<on that racism and racial discrimina<on are among the root causes of many internal and interna<onal conflicts. A look through the early warning files and reports of the CommiWee on the Elimina<on of Racial Discrimina<on is a tragic
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Protests in Aysén
Calmer Waters for Aysén...Talks Will Resume Written by Paul Coleman AYSÉN – In what could be a carrot and a sTck approach, talks are set to resume between Aysen’s Civil Movement and the NaTonal Government, ader Interior Minister Hinzpeter agreed to meet fourteen of the leaders of the movement at La Moneda. They will discuss soluTons to the demands made by the movement six weeks ago, at the start of a serious conflict that led to the enactment of the State Security Law. Chilean newspaper La Tercera reported today that Senator Horvath of Aysén confirmed a between the Minister and the Movement, as airline Tckets and reservaTons were confirmed for the fourteen leaders to fly to the naTon’s capital. He went on to say that an agenda has all already been agreed upon. This is welcome news at a Tme of increased violence following the breakdown of talks last week in Aysén and the implementaTon of the State Security Law, an instrument widely regarded as a law of repression. The first complaint filed under the law, which carries a potenTal ten-‐year jail term, was directed at
twenty-‐two of the leaders of the Civil Movement. This led to increased support of the movement from a wide range of organizaTons, associaTons and unions throughout Chile. In its effort to enforce the law, the NaTonal Government has sent Special Forces from SanTago and have only succeeded in “pouring fuel on the fire”, according to one spokesperson for the movement. While most of the violence has occurred in the more densely inhabited Coyhaique and Puerto Aysén, there has been strife even in the small, tranquil villages throughout Aysén. Two days ago, more Special Forces arrived in Puerto Cisnes on the Don Baldo ferry, along with local residents and a few tourists who are sTll making the journey to the area. The police convoy, which included armored cars and a water cannon, was stopped on its way from the port by a string of villagers making a human chain.
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Protests in Aysén When people were exiTng the ferry, dragging their bags along the bumpy road, police abruptly fired tear gas into group standing directly in front of them, causing pandemonium and endangering human life. Along with the tears gas came police sirens, and panic turned into anger as a much larger crowd, some in work clothes, were forced to flee as the vehicles charged through the town. As is usually the case, when someone fires at somebody, some people fire back. Stones were thrown at police, and an opportunity for good police public relaTons was lost by a brute show of force. Such heavy-‐handed tacTcs rarely turn out well for a government or its people. The negaTve reacTon to the State Security Law and increased police acTviTes in the region is already casTng a shadow on the naTon from beyond its borders. ArgenTneans on the other side of the Andes have been holding prayer vigils for the people of Aysén. The link between the two sides of Patagonia is historically strong. A lot of people living by the border with ArgenTna have closer Tes with that country than with Chile. A lot of supplies that enter the region come from ArgenTna and a lot of Ayseninos work there too.
Meanwhile, Reporters Without Borders, an internaTonal organizaTon that seeks to inform and protect journalists around the world, reported on March 19th that they were “concerned about the consequences for the free flow of informaTon ader the applicaTon in Aysén of the State Security Law, enacted under the 1973-‐1990 dictatorship.” The report tells of how Chile has fallen since 2010 in the latest world press freedom index, from 33rd to 80th out of 179 countries. Unfortunately, it is set to conTnue its negaTve trend. Yesterday my wife, Konomi, received a warning from the Japanese Embassy in SanTago, urging its ciTzens to travel to Aysén only if absolutely necessary, due to dangerous condiTons. Most other naTons are doing the same. Such negaTve coverage cannot be encouraging to potenTal investors or tourists. It can only damage the image of a stable naTon that has worked so hard to advance economically and socially through democracy. AcTons speak louder than words, and I think the region has seen enough acTon these last few days. Now it’s Tme to speak, for words can solve any problem.ILC
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My 2 Cents: We’ve been warned... Written by Ken Shields
On Monday March 19th 2012, the Financial Times published an arTcle about LaTn America’s vulnerability to an economic downturn. The author states that our region is less prepared to withstand problems than before. That means that Chile is less prepared to weather an economic downturn (by their esTmates) than ever. I want to focus on what can be done in Chile to lessen this vulnerability. Commodity-‐heavy countries like Chile appear to be the most vulnerable to a Chinese slowdown, and the focus of the slowdown are the metals producers. The research states that a 3% fall in Chinese growth could reduce commodity (copper) prices by up to 30%. Not good news. The arTcle goes on to say that large capital inflows in 2012 may create a recession or bank crisis. Maybe. I think not, but let’s say “yes” and plan for it. European difficulTes could reduce lending to LaTn America, which could affect liquidity. That being said, what do we do? Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the IMF head of the region, says that LaTn America has “dream condiTons” and real development has to change from
relying on commodiTes to developing infrastructure and educaTon. I agree. The infrastructure missing in Chile is the mid-‐level manufacturing capability that the United States developed long before high technology came along. We need to train people in machine tools and techniques, and we need to do our own manufacturing. Instead of shipping all our copper overseas to be processed, let’s do it here. How will we do that? Simple, but not necessarily easy. We must test our students and find those with the apTtude for this type of work, and get teachers in here to teach them. Let businesses develop the producTon for the markets that exist. Hire consultants who know how to find the markets. There are plenty of people who have the experTse. Chile needs the will to fix this situaTon. Let’s show the world that we can do this, do it right and protect our economy. The full arTcle can be seen here. ILC
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AIESEC Young Entrepreneurs Forum in Chile Written by Matt Niner
SANTIAGO – More than 300 people from more than 20 different countries met to parTcipate in one of the most important internaTonal congresses of AIESEC.
It is also important to menTon all the sponsors who helped make this event become a reality, such as Universidad Mayor, the ONU, Torre, Nescafé, Burt’s Bee and WaX’s.
From March 15 to 20, AIESEC, an internaTonal organizaTon with the goal to developing potenTal leadership, is hosTng “ The Iberoamerican Young Leaders Congress.” The event’s first day took off with the Youth Forum, which was produced by the University Federico Santa María, and present was the main speaker Hans Eben as well as around 400 parTcipants. These included young people, ex members of AIESEC and various companies associated with AIESEC.
Those who aXended this event had the chance to exchange their different business experiences, so that young people will be moTvated and take iniTaTves at the internaTonal level. In this way they will create and promote intercultural exchanges to increase each of their leadership and development skills. All the young students as well as the foreign AIESEC parTcipants of this event were able to explore new objecTves, to acquire knowledge and to take advantage of what Chile has to offer. ILC
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Earth Hour Coming to Chile Written by José Miguel Galdames Álvarez SANTIAGO – With a tweet saying “I support #Earth hour and I turn off the lights”, the users of TwiXer in Chile launched the 2012 Earth Hour, boosted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), inviTng people, companies, and organizaTons to join the iniTaTve which will take place on March 31st from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. It is expected that today the “I support…” sentence and the hashtag #Earthhour or #horadelplaneta will appear on the TwiXer Tmeline of everyone supporTng the event during the lead-‐up to it. The event started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, with the idea to shut down all non-‐essenTal electronic devices during for one full hour, known as “Earth hour”, to raise awareness of climate change. In Chile, this acTvity started in 2009 and enTre buildings were completely turned off, as well as symbolic places from Arica to Punta Arenas, such as
La Moneda Palace, the Entel Tower and many others. According to the Earth Hour and WWF coordinator in Chile, Susan Díaz, the campaign this year is inviTng people to take two main acTons. The first is a symbolic one, which is to turn off the lights and electronic devices on March 31st. The other one is to commit themselves to care for the planet we live in every year, to be with the environment and to subscribe to the Chilean WWF web page. To mark Earth Hour last year, volunteers formed the number 60 with candles to mark the amount of minutes in the hour. The gathering of candles was held in front of the La Moneda palace, but the event had to be scaled back due to the earthquake of February 27th. The event is sponsored by Cecades (Environmental Sciences Students ConfederaTon) and the Chilean Ministry of the Environment. ILC
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Search for Lost Plane Continues in Puerto Aguirre Written by Débora Gastal PUERTO AGUIRRE – The search for a plane that disappeared in the south of Chile last night conTnues, but sTll with no clues, according to the Rescue Center of the Third Brigade of the Chilean Air Force. The commander-‐in-‐chief of the Third Air Brigade, General Juan Fernandez, affirms that the work will conTnued unTl the plane is found. “We are receiving different informaTon that is helping us with our rescue work. We are planning to conTnue the search in the following days, and we will not stop while there is daylight and the weather condiTons permit. The work will start at sunrise and stop at sunset, from around 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.,” he told ILC News. The plane was flying from Punta Arenas to SanTago, with eight people on board. At 12:58 a.m., around 20km north of Puerto Aguirre, the pilot declared an
emergency alert and the base lost radar contact with the plane, according to informaTon released by the Dirección General de AeronáuTca Civil (General Civil AviaTon Division) of Chile. Defense Minister Andrés Allamand said that unTl now there are no clues about the plane’s locaTon. “ The plane plummeted from 28,000 feet and disappeared from radar at 7,000 feet near the Maca volcano. So far, unfortunately, we have not received any leads,” he declared. The cause of the accident is sTll being invesTgated. The south of Chile is known for bad climate condiTons for aviaTon, with fog and rain during the winter Tme. “In the summer the weather is usually good, and as far as we know at the Tme of the accident the meteorological condiTons were good as well. So, the
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weather was probably not the cause of the crash,” the director of the Department of PrevenTon of Accidents of the Chilean Air Force, Alonzo Lefno, told ILC News. The Beechcrad BE 300 was an ambulance airplane, and was bringing a paTent to SanTago. The company that owns the plane, INAER Helicopter Chile, issued a statement this adernoon that a team of doctors and psychologists is available to help the families. The names of the passengers and crew were released by the Ministry of Defense. Those on board included he pilot, Nicolás Vidal Hamilton-‐Toovey, the co-‐pilots Hernán Soruco Angulo and Juan Burcherd González, the Uruguayan doctor Guillermo Severi Traversa, a nurse, Paul Moya Manzor, a paramedic, Juan Cristóbal Rivera, the paTent, Esperanza Sáez Díaz and her husband, Luis Valenzuela Brito. Plane accidents in Chile According to staTsTcs, in 2011 there were 22 accidents involving planes in Chile – an increase of around 18 per cent from the year before. However, those staTsTcs will probably be higher in 2012.
Lefno emphasized that crashes are mainly related to air traffic in a given area, and not to geographical posiTon. “It is a quesTon of probability. Since we have more flights from SanTago, the accidents occur more oden,” he told us. The director also affirms that in Chile the problems involving airplanes follow the world trend. Around 40 per cent of the accidents occur when pilots are landing or taking off, and that human error is an important factor in crashes. “With the development of new technology, aviaTon is becoming safer each day. So, the human factor becomes more important and deserves aXenTon,” he said. Because of that, prevenTon programs focused on the processes of landing and taking off are being developed by the department. On March 1st, another plane crash mobilized the authoriTes in the south of Chile near Chiloê. A plane with eight people on board crashed into a hill, leaving no survivors. The fuselage and seven of the vicTms were found the day ader the accident, and the body of the pilot 13 days later. ILC
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Help End Racial Discrimination Written by Laura Seelau & Ryan Seelau Thursday, March 22 is the 46th annual InternaTonal Day for the EliminaTon of Racial DiscriminaTon. Few people deny that in Chile – as in all countries throughout the world – racial discriminaTon exists, but it is oden extremely difficult to know what can be done to fight it. In honor of this special day, we offer a couple of answers to that quesTon. We focus, of course, on racial discriminaTon affecTng Indigenous peoples, but with an understanding that all forms of racial discriminaTon warrant aXenTon. Inform Yourself. It is nearly impossible to solve problems that aren’t understood. So, the first thing you can do today to help eliminate racial discriminaTon is to acTvely look for informaTon about racial discriminaTon in your community, your region and throughout Chile (and the world). A simple place to start is the news. Look for news on minoriTes and Indigenous peoples living in Chile and try to grasp their experiences. If nothing else, read through some of our previous “Indigenous Focus” columns to get an idea of the bigger issues affecTng Indigenous peoples today. Another good resources – for those who read and understand Spanish – is this web page: hXp://www.indigenousnews.org/aggregator. It has links to Indigenous news stories from all over Chile and is updated daily. Understand the Extent of Racial DiscriminaTon. While all informaTon about what is happening to Indigenous peoples and other racial minoriTes is valuable, of parTcular importance is understanding the big picture of racial discriminaTon in Chile. DiscriminaTon is something that happens on a larger scale than just the occasional nasty word or refusal to hire someone based on their name or appearance. Racial discriminaTon in Chile against Indigenous peoples is a massive problem with many
consequences. It is also a problem that oden goes beyond individual axtudes and acTons. In many areas, discriminaTon is actually built into exisTng systems. Without going into too many specifics, reports in the last few years have demonstrated that Indigenous populaTons are poorer than non-‐Indigenous populaTons in Chile, that both Indigenous men and women are paid less for their work, and that there is a huge gap in educaTon between Indigenous and non-‐Indigenous individuals in Chile. Understanding the nature and extent of racial discriminaTon can help moTvate us all to acTon. Write a LeXer, and then Write Another One. If you are a Chilean ciTzen, you have government leaders who represent your interests. These leaders work for you, and their job is to represent your interests. If you are concerned about racial discriminaTon, they will be concerned about them. Write to your leaders and tell them your thoughts on the issues of the day. Explain to them your understanding of the problems and encourage them to approach soluTons that help Indigenous peoples. In doing so, encourage them to bring Indigenous peoples into the process of solving their own problems. If history has taught us anything, it is that Indigenous peoples are in a beXer posiTon to find soluTons to their problems than are outsiders. Ader all, before outsiders interfered, Indigenous peoples enjoyed millennia without the poverty and other problems they now experience today. Donate. DonaTng Tme, resources or money to worthwhile organizaTons focused on Indigenous issues or commiXed to fighTng racial discriminaTon is also a way you can help today. Many organizaTons rely completely on volunteers and donaTons to survive. Whether you consider donaTng to major internaTonal organizaTons, or simply go out of your way to purchase products made by Indigenous peoples, your effort can make a significant difference. The internet has made this type of acTon infinitely easier. A few minutes wandering through Facebook or Google will likely bring you the names of many organizaTons in your area that are doing good work. There are, of course, plenty of other ways to help, but they all start with one word: acTon. It is going to take acTon to defeat racial discriminaTon and now is the
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Anyone who Loves Chile can belong to our Foundation Written by Pilar Lagos WASHINGTON D.C – From its beginnings in the 1990s, the Embassy of Chile and the Permanent Mission of Chile to the OrganizaTon of American States has supported the Chilean American FoundaTon.This apoliTcal, non-‐profit organizaTon has been working with one goal in mind: to help improve the lives of underprivileged children in Chile. It has invested over US$403,000, with an annual average of US $20,150, in the last 20 years. The intervenTon programs of the Chilean American FoundaTon have helped approximately 7,000 children found at risk or living in poverty in Chile. It has worked with more than 100 organizaTons. Based in Washington D.C, the American Chilean FoundaTon funcTons through a virtual community of dedicated people who allow its members to communicate with volunteers, or the “project team” in Chile.
waiTng to receive help. Paicabí assists the Ayelen center, which has the highest rate of children on waiTng lists for treatment. It is esTmated that 82 children under the age of 18 in Quilpúe, Villa Alemana, Lumache and Olmue will reach Family Courts. For example, in 2011 the center offered specialized aXenTon to 93 children that had suffered sexual abuse. Psychological assistance is also to be coordinated with SENAME (The NaTonal Service for Minors) and all acTviTes are to be executed within a 10 month period. Whether you live in SanTago, Washington D.C, or any part of the world, you have the opportunity to be a part of the Chilean FoundaTon. As Anamaria Viveros Long said: “Anyone who has affecTon for Chile can belong to our foundaTon.” For more informaTon, visit their website at: hXp:// www.chileusfoundaTon.org/
Anamaría Viveros Long, president of the Chilean American FoundaTon, explained that the team in SanTago is in charge of idenTfying organizaTons that help children at risk. Once an organizaTon is idenTfied, the project team sends a formal proposal. Ader the board analyzes the case and approves the funding, the project is carried out. This year, the goal is to raise US$25,000. Another goal for this year is to implement two projects. The first one is aimed at helping promote children’s rights in the populaTon of “Lo Espejo.” Moviliza, a non-‐profit agency that seeks to encourage equal opportuniTes and social inclusion for families at risk, is in charge of handling this project. Its main objecTve is to contribute to the well-‐ being of children by providing prevenTve strategies that will strengthen their basic development. The second project is being executed by the Paicabí agency in the Region of Valparaíso. The aim of this project is to provide protecTon for children and families that have suffered sexual abuse and are
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The SPORT ZONE being 8 points behind of Mourinho and his mighty Real Madrid. The fact that he has not yet extended his contract has made people wonder: could Marcelo Bielsa become the new head coach of Barcelona?
Barcelona’s Guardiola: “Bielsa is the best coach on the planet” – Casper Rundager BARCELONA, SPAIN – Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola has labeled the former Chilean NaTonal Team head coach Marcelo Bielsa as “ The best coach on the planet”. Guardiola is very impressed by Bielsa and his Basque club AthleTc Bilbao’s eliminaTon of Manchester United in the Europe League, and calls Bilbao’s qualificaTon for the quarter finals “a gid for the game”. Bielsa’s troops impressed not only Guardiola but the whole footballing world by dominaTng both legs against the English Premier League Champions, giving them a 5-‐3 aggregate win. At a press conference on Friday Guardiola conTnued praising Bielsa, staTng that, “We are lucky to have him in La Liga so that we can learn from him.” Guardiola also admiXed that he looks forward to standing face to face with Bielsa in what he expects to be a “wonderful” Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and AtleTco Bilbao in May. Guardiola’s contract expires at the end of this season, and although it was recently reported that he had given his word to the club that he would be extending his contract, he denied that when he shortly stated: “No, I didn’t say that to the club.” Guardiola has won 13 trophies with Barcelona since 2008, but this season his team is, according to himself, no longer in the race for the La Liga Ttle,
Barcelona’s most recent La Liga game saw two of Chile’s finest players come head to head, with Alexis Sánchez taking the points over Gary Medel and his team from Sevilla. Sánchez returned from his most recent injury for Barcelona, while Medel returned from suspension to strengthen the Sevilla midfield. His return was not enough, however. The mastery of players such as Xavi and Messi was too much for Sevilla to control. The final score was 2-‐0 to Barcelona.
La U’s Raúl Ruidíaz Injured in PostGoal Celebration – Deborah Kunkel
SANTIAGO – This was a classic case of misfortune during a moment of good fortune. La U’s striker scored the match-‐winning goal against Union Española last Saturday. Ader that, he was so Tckled with himself that he did something really, really silly. Everything that had looked so professional when he scored was reduced to oblivion. The Peruvian ran to jump over the adverTsing board behind the end line to celebrate with the fans.
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The Sports Zone Unfortunately, he crashed into it and collapsed to the ground, lying there humiliated and in agonizing pain. There he stayed for the next few minutes, squirming and writhing in pain. He even could not get up. His fellow player went to the rescue, but the damage was done. The goal-‐scorer, in a fit of his own glory, sustained a severe trauma while celebraTng his goal. I’d like to see anyone else do that! Paramedics came to his aid, and neither fans nor players on the field could understand what had just happened. Ader that, things went quiet inside the stadium and the team doctor had to proclaim that it was not a small injury. In fact, he is beXer at scoring goals than at celebraTng them. The 21-‐year-‐old has scored 6 goals in 7 games. Now, the striker is at least in one world ranking. He is on the ranking of the rarest football injuries in the world. Unfortunately, coach Sampaoli has to play his team without Raúl Ruidíaz for a few games. The striker badly injured his ankle. Universidad de Chile is in the top of the league. However, their best goal-‐scorer has to take it easy for a while.
Chile to Host Final Stretch of Dakar Rally 2013 – Maggy Meyer
announced today as the host of the final stages of the race, which will begin in Peru. The director of the compeTTon, ETenne Lavigne, confirmed Peru, ArgenTna and Chile as the organizers of the rally, which will start January 6th in Lima. It will be the 5th South American version of the Dakar Rally. “South America again received an extraordinary Dakar this year and the next year we will go back to the three countries where we were in January,” he said at a presentaTon in which they announced the stages for next year’s race. The famous compeTTon of cars and motorbikes, which was canceled in 2008 because of the fear of terror aXacks on its tradiTonal route in northeast Africa, moved to South America in 2009. Four ediTons have been run successfully here and they are preparing for the fidh successive race through the conTnent. “The Pacific coast, the dunes of the Atacama Desert and the mountains of the Andes will set the tone for the Dakar Rally,” said Lavigne. For the first Tme, the Pacific is the center of the race, and ArgenTna will serve as neither the starTng point nor its end. Referring to the finish line in Chile, Lavigne anTcipated that the podium will be installed next to La Moneda in SanTago, stressing that this was one of the wishes of President SebasTán Piñera. As a major aXracTon of the new ediTon, the new race will count with a special chronometer at about 3,000 meters high, and racers will cross the Andes, the mountain chain between Chile and ArgenTna, at two points, first from west to east and then the other way around. Other big news are the difficulTes of the new path of the race. From the departure via a desert route, racers must become acclimaTzed immediately to extreme condiTons from the 5th of January – an earlier date than the years before. The desert stages were the downfall of many riders this year, including Chile’s own Francisco “Chaleco” Lopez. Although he won the first stage of the race, he had a nasty fall in the first Chilean stage near Copiapó and was unable to conTnue.
PARIS, FRANCE – The podium for the 2013 Dakar Rally will be in front of La Moneda Palace. Chile was
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La Roja – Kiki Lenihan
and John Galliquio scored. The game was sTll up in the air. But sTll in the first half, Claudio Borghi’s team scored again. In the 43rd minute, Enzo Andia was on the spot when Peru’s keeper Salomón Libman made a big mistake and cost them a goal. In the 86th minute Chile extended the lead, and Eugenio Mena put the finishing touches to Chile’s 3-‐1 win. He lided a led-‐footed shot over Libman and sealed the victory. The second leg of the tradiTonal internaTonal friendly tournament takes place in Tacna on April 11. In another internaTonal friendly, Jamaica Ted against Costa Rica 0-‐0 at home.
La Roja, the Chilean naTonal team, is beginning to prepare for World Cup qualifying games in the beginning of June against Bolivia and Venezuela. Borghi held a press conference in Arica ader he was honored by Mayor Waldo Sankan, in which he first discussed the doubleheader set for June. “I believe three out of six points would not be bad. Bolivia is having a rough Tme winning games, and it is cosTng them. On the other hand, Venezuela has just lost to Spain,” ‘Bichi’ confessed to Radio ADN. His character drasTcally changed when asked about the prospecTve upcoming friendly qualifiers against China and PalesTne, staTng that the club soccer teams are not cooperaTng to allow the players to travel. “There is a chance to go play in China and in PalesTne,” he said. “ The problem is the unwillingness to have the clubs pay the players.” Borghi also argued that because Universidad de Chile has been doing so well naTonally and internaTonally, it is harder to get their players to the naTonal games. He finally confessed that the game against Peru will be a good opportunity to find replacement players.
Copa del Pacifico: Chile Wins Against Peru – Deborah Kunkel ARICA – Chile had a good performance in the first leg game against Peru. The final result of the match between the two South American teams was 3-‐1. Ader five minutes the home team had already scored, to take the lead 1-‐0. Esteban Paredes scored the first goal, racing down the led side before drilling a low shot inside the far post. Ader 16 minutes Peru got their chance to even it up, and they took it. Yoshimar Yotun delivered a low cross
Vans Pro Skate Tour – Kiki Lenihan
On Friday, March 23 around 4 p.m., Vans Pro Skate Tour hosted a demo at Parque O’Higgins skate park. Six world-‐famous skaters showed off their tricks in front of hundreds of people as well as conducted an instrucTonal lesson for fans. This was the first Tme that Vans Pro Skate Tour has come to SanTago and a respectable sized crowd showed up. The six skaters included: Geoff Rowley (England), Chima Ferguson (Australia), Chriss Pfanner (Germany), and Johnny Layton, Tony Trujillo and Daniel Lutheran (California). Parque O’Higgins got a face lid for the event, with new rails, ramps, pipes and other “elements” of a city to give the park a true urban feel. Organizers said around 1,500 fans aXended and the riders skated for about two hours on Friday adernoon. ILC 26
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Fun for kids at Lollapalooza Chile
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Written by Daniel Boyle SANTIAGO – It won’t just be grown-‐ups looking forward to the two-‐day Lollapallooza fesTval, ader the announcement of Kidzapalooza, a fesTval within the fesTval. There will be a wide range of acTviTes available, from percussion workshops to skate or slackline lessons through to building with LEGO. Fun for the kids and for the young at heart. Aside from the acTviTes there is a music stage designed for kids too.
This year, we have created a dining area offering health workshops including: the Blackboard “Draw the Planet” Workshop Garden, Geometric Games, The House of Animals, and the Workshop on Healthy EaTng.
The Kidzapalooza secTon of the fesTval will be open between noon and 7pm. The area will be free for children up to 10 years old and parents can register at a booth so they can drop their children home and then return to the fesTval.
8. MINKA Workshop Swirls and Li^ Chile Challenge
Some of the acTviTes will include the following: 1. Percussion Workshop AcTvity where musicians interact with children and their families to the beat of drums. Thousands of melodies, creaTng an atmosphere of creaTvity and collecTve improvisaTon. 2. African Dance Workshop Expert workshop owners and dancers, dancing to African melodies. 3. Workshop ProducCon of Fairies and Elves This workshop promises a special treat, where arTsts will be manufacturing their own mysTcal characters from dyed fabrics, feathers, sequins and other materials to create incredible beings. It will be a special memory of your parTcipaTon in this 2012 version of the fesTval. 4. Innovacién Like 2011, the FoundaTon Innovacién complements the children’s area with the EduRock workshop, where children create their own digital stories guided by experts, and combining technology with creaTvity. The result is amazing and the kids will feel like rock stars! 5. InteracCve Mural
7. Food Zone Ice cream, mote con huesillos, fresh drinks, sandwiches, churros and more. Kidzapalooza will also have a healthy food booth.
Monitors Lid Chile Challenge teach youngsters to design their own whirlwinds from recyclable material. 10.”BowlPark” Skate School Skateboard ramps where children can learn to master this discipline with the help of specialized teachers. In addiTon, there will be Skate Pro demonstraTons, extreme payasísTcas and many other surprises! 11. ”Haka Honu Mind With Natural Feel” Ziplines and climbing walls will allow kids to experience outdoor acTviTes in a natural sexng. 12. ”Kidz Rock!” By GAP Gap, a sponsor of the fesTval, invites you to explore different varieTes of arTsTc acTviTes: airbrush taXoos, gliXer, face paint, professional makeup and hair styling for children. 13. Live the experience of building with LEGO LEGO, another sponsor of the fesTval, once again delights the young and young-‐at-‐heart at Kidzapalooza. There will be exhibiTons of giant figures and buildings, with LEGO Ninja Kai guided by experts from LEGO. As the fesTval approaches, I Love Chile will be counTng down the days unTl the show. Over the next couple of weeks, our writers will share some of their favorite songs from Lollapalooza arTsts. ILC
Guided by the arTst Macarena Yanez, this mural will be made by children during the two-‐day fesTval, mixing different techniques for creaTon where children are a fundamental part of the creaTve process. 6. Organic Market and Green Market
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Chilean Artist Unveils New Work in London Written by Maggy Meyer
LONDON, ENGLAND – When Chilean sculptor Fernando Casasempere moved from Chile to London, he took twelve tons of his own clay with him. His latest installaTon “Out of Sync” displays the connecTon between the arTst and his naTve homeland. This exhibit at the historic Somerset House features 10,000 handmade clay flowers.
as a contemporary material”. The curators at Somerset House were full of praise for Casasemepere, staTng, “He regularly pushes the boundaries of the discipline by experimenTng with different mixtures and materials.” For many years Casasempere has been working with a clay that is a by-‐product of industrial processes.
The event is the first on the spring calendar of events for Somerset House. According to promoTons for the display, the event “recreates the joy we feel at the site of blossoming daffodils signaling the end of winter and the beginning of spring.”
The free display begins a new series of events at the 18th-‐century building. In won’t just be the English who get to see the work of art, though. Following the closing of the Somerset House exhibiTon on April 27th, the whole exhibiTon will be moved to Chile to be displayed in the gardens of the La Moneda presidenTal palace.
The arTst individually craded each flower so that none of them are the same. In the exhibiTon, Casasempere hopes to “give an impression of conformity, and yet show how we are always able to spot subtle differences in repeated images.” The arTst wanted to show the influence of pre-‐ Colombian art in his works while “rediscovering clay
The 10,000 arTficial daffodils will then find a permanent home in the Atacama Desert. The exact locaTon has not yet been announced, but it is expected to be close to Antofagasta. The event is sponsored by the mining company Antofagasta PLC as well as the Government of Chile. ILC
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Basic course in handloom weaving Written by Daniel Boyle Francisca Caselli will be holding classes in handloom weaving throughout March. Length of the course: 12 hours, 4 classes of 3 hours each Times and Dates: A) Martes 3-‐10-‐17-‐24 de April ?18:00-‐21:00 B) Miércoles 4-‐11-‐18-‐25 de April 10:00-‐13:00 C) Jueves 5-‐12-‐19-‐26 de April 18:00-‐21:00 D) Sábado 31-‐14-‐21-‐28 de March/April 16:00-‐19:00 LocaTon: Paulino Alfonso 343, Barrio Lastarria, Universidad Católica or Bellas Artes Metro. Contact: franciscacaselli@gmail.com Phone: 7-‐ 577 78 35 Class 1 – WEFT AND WARP In the first course we will learn the main concepts to start weaving. Then we will study the loom funcTons in order to know how to weave. Also, in this class students will learn how to weave with different kinds of materials, colors and textures. This class is very entertaining and useful. At the end of the course you will have a liXle “woven collage” which can be framed. Class 2 – ECO BAG
In the second class, students will learn how to weave into textured structures by the weave recycling technique, and in this class we could also be make a 35×50 eco-‐bag. Class 3 – MURAL DECORATION Ader the second stage students will construct a mural decoraTon of 60×90 using different techniques, using wooden sTcks, pearls, looms and natural elements; and, of course, the topic is chosen by the student themselves. Class 4 – PERSONAL PROJECT In the last class students will do a Personal Project which will be managed by a teacher. The student can do whatever he or she wants with the project, but it will be previously organized with the professor in the third class. Prices: The price of the whole course is of CLP$70.000 it can be paid by post-‐dated checks or 30-‐days post-‐dated checks. This includes all the materials needed to work in the first class, and WE LEND YOU THE LOOM (you can keep the loom you made during the period of the course at your home.). ILC
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Soltera in Santiago: The Cheating Curve Written by Soltera in Santiago I’ve been pondering lately about how many people in relaTonships are out there, you know…cheaTng. I’m not completely naïve to the fact that a vast majority of people in relaTonships do in fact cheat. But what exactly defines cheaTng? Is it sleeping with a different person? Is it sexTng? Is it even dancing with a guy/girl at a club without your significant other’s knowledge? Maybe it’s all of the above. Well, the more I thought about it, I was led to the conclusion that cheaTng is incredibly relaTve. Einstein concluded that there is no such thing as an absolute system of reference. And so it goes for cheaTng in relaTonships. It’s all relaTve to the individuals in the relaTonship, and what each person believes is infidelity. It is even relaTve to how badly the person actually wants to cheat. It’s human nature to bend the rules as we raTonalize what we do with excuses and mind games so that we get what we want without feeling guilty. Now, in a country where love motels are so common that I’ve made a humorous and outrageous collecTon of the flyers I’ve received walking out of the subway, I have to ask myself, “Is cheaTng really more rampant here or is it just more accepted?” I’ve been working in mulTple office sexngs over the last two years and I have heard my fair share of infidelity gossip. I’m talking about employees with married superiors and secretaries with married clients. I’ve even been asked out on the job by a client that was gexng married the next week and was completely open about it. He seemed more than confused as to why I said “hell no.” I mean, seriously? Get a grip. What drives a person to cheat? My theory, and correct me if I’m wrong, is that a lot of the Tme the person feels trapped in a relaTonship and doesn’t want to risk leaving it and (gasp) have to deal with being alone. So, they test the waters a liXle. They may not even have the intenTon of leaving the relaTonship, but they sTll feel like they’re
missing something. So they look elsewhere. It’s a concrete example of “having your cake and eaTng it too”. As for me, recently while I was out over St. PaXy’s Day weekend, I ran into a pololo of a friend of mine. Now, the significant part is that he was with another girl and I saw him without him seeing me. They were definitely acTng suspiciously over-‐friendly. I’m talking flirTng, provocaTve dancing, and grabbing of the hand at one point. I’m preXy sure that if I stuck around, I would have probably seen some lip acTon and who knows what else. So here’s the quesTon… Am I morally obligated to tell my friend? I mean, she isn’t one of my closest friends but I would put her in the friend category. On one hand, she deserves to know the truth and I did see something extremely shady. On the other hand, who am I to destroy their relaTonship? And what happens if she ends up breaking up with him and then gexng back together? Then I become the person who put a crack in their relaTonship. I do believe that some people do kill the messenger. If I were in my friend’s posiTon, I would most definitely want someone to tell me what was going on. But I have to wonder how many Tmes this may have happened in my own past relaTonships, and how many Tmes a friend kept her lips sealed from me? Point in blank, I hope that my friends have been honest with me, and more importantly, that my ex-‐boyfriends have been. But I don’t pretend to live in a bubble where everything is black and white when it comes to honesty in a relaTonship. Just because I would want to know if someone was cheaTng on me, doesn’t mean that telling my friend what I saw is the right thing to do. I guess I have a decision to make. In the meanTme, would you tell her? Email me and tell me: solterainsanTago@ilovechile.cl ILC
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