Chile

I will discuss on my list is Chile. The population of Chile is roughly around 14 million, even though Spanish is the official language, English is spoken by the business people and in tourist centers. There is no official religion in Spain with a variety of people of who identify themselves as Roman Catholics (78%), and Protestant (13%). However, a there are also a large number of people who identify themselves as atheist. Here is a fun fact/bragging right for Chile: they are the largest country…

The country of Chile, simply somewhat bigger than the condition of Texas, attained freedom in 1818. Until 1830, the juvenile country was in a condition of tumult when Diego Portales introduced the time of the dictatorial republic. This period, from 1830-1861, was a period of firm-given principle tempered by control. Moderate landowners and traders were in control of an unified government, and a 1833 constitution persevered until 1925. The Conservatives, however tested by a reinforcing liberal…

siege was imposed, lifted due to international linkage/leverage pressure, and then reinstated. The plebiscite of 1988 was a part of the last leg of the home stretch towards democratization. It moved Chile from an autocracy to a liberalized autocracy. Geopolitical linkage of the external players to Chile helped finish the democratic solidification.…

Chile covers 756,950 square kilometers of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider than 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. More than 17.8 million people live in Chile. Santiago, the capital city, has a population of 308,000, but when counting Santiago Metropolis 6.68 million people live in that area. This is the largest city. The next on the list is the…

Economy of Chile Chile had been known as one of the most stable politically and democratically in the Latin America nations. Though, it went through destabilizing effects of frequent external shocks, in which is considered to be a very normal and natural phenomenon that appear in every well-developed country. It had been characterized for their economy by an extreme high level of good reputation and foreign trade for the strong financial institutes, which in turn gave it the strongest…

31, 2014 Chile Chile stretches 4,300 km along the southwestern coast of South America (Welcome to Chile). The maximum length from east to west is 240 km (Welcome to Chile). To the north, Chile is bordered by Peru and Bolivia (Chile- Geography). The southernmost point is Cape Horn (Welcome to Chile). The southern border is the Drake Sea (Geography and Climate in Chile). To the east, Chile is bordered by Argentina (Chile- Geography). On the eastern side, Chile is bordered by the Andes (Chile…

In Chile, like Argentina, the country used ISI before the military take over in 1973. The election of Allende in 1970 began a shift towards political and economic socialism in the country without the support of the people. Some of his reforms concerned land distribution, the nationalization of industry and the expansion of social welfare. The Pinochet dictatorship did not implement neoliberal reforms until the late 1970s even as the country was experiencing hardship due to a decrease in oil…

economic freedom as a control variable in a relationship between economic growth and political freedom. They concurred in their research that economic freedom directly affects economic growth positively. An example is in 1970 and the years following, Chile recorded one of the lowest scores in economic freedom and in return they had a suffering economy. But later the economy started experiencing major growth from the 1980’s, which exhibited an increase in economic growth of 7.2% compared to other…

Millennium Development Goals, Chile, which seemed to have surpassed all eight goals before the goals were popular in 2000. Chile looks great on paper and excels in many areas like the global partnership, eradicating poverty, and gender equality. A brief look at Chile’s rich history paints a picture like a roller coaster full of ups and downs economically, socially and institutionally. This article will look to examine each of the 8 goals of the MDG. Furthermore, Chile is a unique study where the…

argue that perfection is nonexistent, all things will eventually fall short of its goals, and that nothing is without flaws. On the contrary, some may argue that perfection is a scarce form of existence that only few entities attain. In the case of Chile, perfection existed in one of the most unexpected forms; Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. A perfect dictatorship is a dictatorship that functions as one, but allows the countries citizens to believe that they have a say politically (elections).…