Campaigning for the election of Chile’s next President has ended. On Sunday, as many as six million voters will decide whether one of the candidates is to be elected in this first…
Category: Analysis and Opinion
Sebastián Piñera; President of Chile, Again?
I was leaving a presentation at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, by Sebastián Piñera, one of eight declared candidates for President of Chile. A young Chilean walking out next to me…
Maule and Santa Olga Will Rise Again
The region of Maule seems to have been placed in the center of long, narrow Chile to absorb the shock of the worst natural disasters that regularly affect the country; earthquakes, tsunamis,…
Coipo Forestín Needs Help!!
For the past two weeks man-made wild fires have been running rampant through fields, forests, farms, and, oh no, vineyards in central Chile. Coipo Forestin is the fire fighting Smokey Bear counterpart…
Chile Trees and the Peace Corps
A half century ago, the President of Chile, Eduardo Frei Montalva, inaugurated a massive national reforestation program, an important action leading to that country’s notable forestry sector development. President Frei announced this exciting…
Chile, Trees, and The Peace Corps
A half century ago, the President of Chile, Eduardo Frei Montalva, inaugurated a massive national reforestation program, an important action leading to that country’s notable forestry sector development. President Frei announced this…
My Bovine Tissue Wouldn’t Write
Friends, when I was forced to exchange one of my heart valves for one made from cow tissue, about a year ago now, I figured the recovery would be long and difficult;…
From Rio Calle Calle to Lago Pirihueico
Now that a hard-surfaced byway has been opened from Valdivia directly east to Los Lagos, a superb road trip across the spectacular 14th Region of Chile, the Región de los Rios, is…
Vacation time in Chile
You can feel the air being sucked out of Santiago. January is running out of days, and by the first of February, this teeming capital city will feel empty, and it will…
It’s January….Back to Chile
Chileans are obsessed with the issue of “equality”. While the past two decades of sustained economic growth have brought the number of Chileans in extreme poverty and the number of unemployed down…