Chile

Chile is loosing its biodiversity as you read this paragraph. The country suffers from widespread rapid deforestation putting an end to many of the most unique animals on the planet. Chile has over 80 percent of their natural forest wiped out. Due to the demand for wooded products many large companies have wiped out native forest area and even planted non-native trees, which now dominate throughout the country. In this paper I will bring to the forefront the major impacts that deforestation has…

NATURAL DISASTERS The frequencies of earthquakes are high in Chile. Recently on November 7 2015, an earthquake of a magnitude 6.8 struck north central Chile, causing buildings and properties to sway in the capital of Santiago. Due to the expertise of the government in handling earthquakes, there was no casualty. On February 27, 2010, Chile experienced the most severe earthquake of a magnitude of 8.8. This earthquake has caused a loss of US$2 billion and has affected the tourism industry greatly…

Chile is an export driven economy, meaning that their exports compose a very significant portion of their economy and any potential internal growth. To really understand why today we see Chile as an export driven economy let’s start by taking a look at the history of how Chile was able to increase their GDP with trading. In the 17th century Chile had a husbandry and agriculture based economy with ore-rich districts like Potosi and other wealthy cities like Lima. Those Husbandry products which…

go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people”. Henry Kissinger, then National Security Adviser and future secretary of state, said a few months prior to self-proclaimed Marxist, Salvador Allende's democratic election as President of Chile. This quote encapsulates American political ideology during the Cold War and sheds light on the nature of the Allende regime that was toppled just three years after its democratic victory. The statement from Henry Kissinger expresses the United…

Clean Energy for Chile: Solar Power for a Better Tomorrow Energy is a powerful resource that is used everywhere like in electrical energy that is cultivated daily. Many places in our current generation are running out of energy and are in a deficit of energy just like Chile. There have been players in the field that have attempted to find a solution for the energy problem. Some of them include HidroAysén and International Rivers Network, which through much debate have proven that more Hydropower…

wild stocks drained, cultivating kelp and other ocean vegetables is giving economical new employments in Chile and past, which helps in improving food security in Chile in addition to motivating immigrants to come back to their beloved country. Eventually due to Chile’s hard work in improving food security, it got ranked #1 in Latin America in the Global Food Security Index. other than that Chile has done a great deal more than what was expressed on improving Food Security to support the return…

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Since 1826, Chile has been recognized as a country independent from Spain’s rule, however, Chile continues to suffer from the effects of colonialism. Currently, Chile as well as most of Latin America is a part of the “Global South” . The Global South consist of underdeveloped countries that rely on the exportation of raw materials for sustainability. Having an economy dependent on the world market is highly susceptible to the success and failure of international markets. For example, during the…

their traditional economy. In Chile, globalization has largely influenced the economic resources that the economy depends on. In the excerpt from the book The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman exemplified how Wal-Mart has become a global player, specifically focusing on how global markets have increasingly dominated the Chilean economy. Today, approximately sixty-five percent of the salmon that we eat is imported from Chile (Fishman, 2006). But, salmon is not native to Chile. It is a new export.…

Throughout the early twentieth century, labor conditions in Chile were often complex and difficult for working-class women. During this period, men and women in the workforce encountered unjust conditions and were often exploited in their jobs. Chilean women experienced even more difficult conditions in the workforce because of their gender, which often resulted from a patriarchal led society. To overcome these difficult conditions, Latin American’s in the workforce were influenced by…