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Month: November 2019

“Por la Razon, o la Fuerza”

Posted on November 17, 2019

This motto on Chile’s national emblem, adopted in 1834, would suggest that the “Chilean way” is to try to reason through a conflict, and only as a last resort use force to…

Transition in Chile

Posted on November 8, 2019

Three weeks of massive civil protests, some peaceful, others violent, have left parts of Chile, especially its capital city Santiago, looking like a war zone. Chileans too often have faced costly and…

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