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Chile’s Coastal Strip makes it stand out

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 19 Feb 25

I like to take some time online to study Latin American countries. Peru, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are just but the few whose interest has taken much of me. Lately I learnt that Chile has one of the longest coastal strips...

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Sometimes we wish we could be in the middle of nowhere.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 8 Feb 24

Good morning, friends. As you know, my country is in mourning and so am I. Not only did we have the terrible fires but also out last President died in an helicopter accident. Today I woke up watching news and then I...

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The Villarrica volcano: beauty and danger.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 25 Sep 23

The Villarrica volcano, very near where my eldest daughter is living, is the most active in the country. Right now it is in alert and it is being monitoried by the authorities. It seems that my daughter´s house will not suffer...

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the villarrica volcano

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Brief Country Talk: Fun Facts on Chile

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49753) • India 31 May 23

Not something that is normally shared here. However, while checking out some stuff on Intranet, I came across some fun facts about Chile. So sharing them in a shortened form: 1. Chile is such a long country that if we take...

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It is election day in my country.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 7 May 23

We are going to vote for the people who will be in charge of making a new constitution. I will have to go to vote although at my age it is not mandatory. But the extreme right is now very strong as people blame the government for...

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Just one piece of cake left. News about illegal immigration.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 27 Apr 23

Good morning friends. I just went to the kitchen to bring something to eat while I mylotted and listened to the news. I discovered that there were only 2 pieces left of the chocolate cake. Now one of them is in my tummy and the...

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Sunsets: natural beauty at its best.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 12 Jan 23

Yesterday I talked by phone to Coral (@TheSojourner) for over 2 hours. So today, besides my therapy and a visit to Tania´s, I have been mostly napping. But I do remember that Coral was awed about a sunset she had seen at...

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cordillera de los andes

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At home again. Time for news. Primaries here.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 21 Nov 21

We had presidencial primaries today. And as I see it, things are worrisome in my country. There´s nothing I can do, but I want to watch the news. See you later, friends

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A sunny Independence day here.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 18 Sep 21

I woke up happy, friends. I have to finish the potato salad and I haven´t had my breakfast yet. In some minutes I will go for at least a cup of coffee. I did not put my Chilean flag. I missplaced it last year and...

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The good the bad and the ugly in my country.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 23 May 21

In fact, the 2 national news are the good and the ugly. The bad is personal as I just made the minimum here are usually I have it on the 10th of the month. The good, and is very good, is that today 2 million doses of the covid...

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There is a plebiscite in my country. I already voted.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 25 Oct 20

This is a very important moment in my country. We are voting whether we aprove another constitution or we reject it. Besides that, we have to decide whether the new constitution has to be made be people elected to do it or half of...

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Chilean Holidays

José Valera @jvicentevalera (13671) • Santiago, Chile 19 Sep 20

It's been two long days away from mylot for good reasons. I was celebrating the holidays in Chile. For them September 18th and 19th represent the days when it was established the first National Government Joint which started the...

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Earthquakes in my country.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 1 Sep 20

I had turned off my laptop and was reading last night when the glass bells that hang from the ceiling of my bedroom started to sound. Those, my friends, are the bells that sound when there is an earthquake nearby. I got up, put...

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My Brother Making Chili Who Wants Some

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (52905) • Mojave, California 13 Dec 19

Smells great, the last time he killed it in a bad way. I had to spell that out because I use slang so much. It started off great but was not to his liking. He kept adding chili powder to it, so much it just ruined...

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Thursday morning in my country.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 21 Nov 19

Things are so bad in my country that I don´t dare say Good morning from here. I woke up to Claudia on the phone. She told me that she was in a state of shock as her salary was probably going to be cut to the half. As we were...

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Things seem to be looking better here.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 15 Nov 19

Last night, or rather at dawn, the Legislative power finally took the first steps towards changing the Constitution that Pinochet left. I cannot understand why it took them over 30 years and almost a revolution to start in the...

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National strike. My country is on fire.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 12 Nov 19

I haven´t been able to post here today. Tania wanted me to rush to the Bank today and take out my money and buy dollars. She did not understand that yesterday I had lent her all the money I had available. She wants to pay her...

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Good night for today.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 4 Nov 19

I will try to stay up as late as I can. I told Daniel to message me whether he would come tonight or not, but basically I want to know that he is safe. I did not know that I would have to live this again during my lifetime. We...

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6.1 Richter earthquake here while we ate popcorn.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 4 Nov 19

Daniel had made a delicious salted popcorn with smoked dry hot pepper and we were talking about our country´s news. He is going to the protests and I cannot hold him. I can only say to take care. And suddenly the earth began to...

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Chilean protests are not political. Some of the whys.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 26 Oct 19

We have seen in my country the result of a week of protests. I know that we have been in the world news during this whole week. This is not a political revolt as Maduro in Venezuela would have liked. This is mainly a result of...

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