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Chile: Year in Review 2009 ... Chin

Chile: Year in Review 2009 In 2008 Chile continued to thrive as an economic success story under democratic rule. Politically, there were harbingers of change after prolonged rule by the centre-left Concertacion coalition. Pres. Michelle Bachelet, who took office in 2006, began the second half of her nonrenewable four-year term. Increasingly a lame duck, she ... Chile: Year in Review 2010 In 2009 Pres. Michelle Bachelet neared the completion of her four-year term in office having become the most popular president in contemporary Chilean political history. Since her election in January 2006, Bachelet had promised to bring an openness and accessibility to the presidency and to focus public policies on helping ... Chile: Year in Review 2011 It would be an understatement to say that Chile had an eventful year in 2010. The presidential election brought a major political change, and there was a devastating natural disaster as well as a riveting man-made catastrophe. In the political realm, the election in January to replace highly popular Pres. ... Chile: Year in Review 2012 Sebastian Pinera, Chile's first right-wing president since redemocratization in 1990, watched his popularity sink below 30% in 2011 as he finished his second year in office. Pinera's popularity had soared during his first year as president, especially in the aftermath of the October 2010 rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped ... Chile: Year in Review 2013 In 2012 Chile marked the halfway point in Pres. Sebastian Pinera's nonrenewable four-year term of office. It was a year of continued difficulties for the somewhat embattled president, whose popularity had plummeted to record lows after the euphoria of the 2010 miners' rescue wore off. Student protests over the lack ... Chile country situated along the western seaboard of South America. It extends approximately 2,700 miles (4,300 km) from its boundary with Peru, at latitude 1730' S, to the tip of South America at Cape Horn, latitude 56 S, a point only about 400 miles north of Antarctica. A long, narrow country, ... Chile earthquake of 1960 the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century. Originating off the coast of southern Chile on May 22, 1960, the temblor caused substantial damage and loss of life both in that country and-as a result of the tsunamis that it generated-in distant Pacific coastal areas. Chile earthquake of 2010 severe earthquake that occurred on Feb. 27, 2010, off the coast of south-central Chile, causing widespread damage on land and initiating a tsunami that devastated some coastal areas of the country. Together, the earthquake and tsunami were responsible for more than 500 deaths. Chile lantern tree (Crinodendron hookeranum), tree of the family Elaeocarpaceae native to western South America and cultivated in other regions for its handsome flowers. It grows to 4.5 to 7.5 metres (15 to 25 feet) in height. The urn-shaped, dark red flowers are about 2 cm (0.8 inch) long. Chile mine rescue of 2010 rescue of 33 workers from the San Jose gold and copper mine on October 13, 2010, 69 days after the mine's collapse on August 5. The mine, owned by the San Esteban Primera Mining Company, was located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of ... Chile Rise submarine ridge of the Pacific Ocean, trending southeast from Easter Island toward Chile after branching from the Albatross Cordillera (East Pacific Rise). Shallow earthquakes are common to this feature; using the epicentre locations of these earthquakes, the existence of the ridge in the vicinity was predicted before depth soundings confirmed ... Chile saltpetre sodium nitrate, a deliquescent crystalline sodium salt that is found chiefly in northern Chile (see sodium). Chile, flag of national flag with a horizontal white stripe over a red stripe; a dark blue canton with a large white star is in the upper hoist corner. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Chilean cedar (species Austrocedrus chilensis), ornamental and timber evergreen conifer, the only species of the genus Austrocedrus, of the cypress family (Cupressaceae). It is native to southern Chile and southern Argentina. The Chilean cedar may grow up to 24 metres (about 80 feet) tall, but it is usually much shorter. Its durable, ... Chilembwe, John Western-educated Nyasaland missionary who led an abortive, largely symbolic, uprising against British rule in 1915 and is seen as a forerunner and martyr of Malawi nationalism. He was one of the first Africans to speak of Nyasaland at a time when the vast majority of his fellow subjects cared only ... chili pepper usually small, very hotly pungent fruit of a species of Capsicum, used to make chili powder and to flavour barbecue, hot curry, and other spicy sauces. See pepper. Chililabombwe mining town, north-central Zambia, eastern Africa, just south of the international frontier with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). It lies at 4,459 feet (1,360 metres) in Zambia's rich highland copper belt. Chililabombwe is the northern terminus of the Zambian rail line serving the copper country. Its main copper ... Chilka Lake lake and lagoon in eastern Orissa state, eastern India, separated from the Bay of Bengal by a narrow spit. One of India's largest saltwater lakes, it is 40 miles (65 km) long, 5 to 13 miles (8 to 20 km) wide, and about 6 feet (2 metres) deep. The Daya ... Chilkat weaving narrowly, the robes, or blankets, woven by the Chilkat, northernmost of the Pacific Coast Indians of North America. The Chilkat comprise a family within the Tlingit language group on the Alaskan coast between Cape Fox and Yakutat Bay. More generally, the term "Chilkat weaving" applies to any garment woven by ... Chillan city, central Chile, lying in the fertile Central Valley. Founded in 1580 on what is now the site of Chillan Viejo (birthplace of the Chilean liberator Bernardo O'Higgins), the town was moved in 1835 to the north and rebuilt after destruction by an earthquake. Chillan experienced several such disasters, notably ... chillawong bird, a type of currawong (q.v.). Chillicothe city, seat (1839) of Livingston county, north-central Missouri, U.S. It lies near the Grand River, 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Kansas City. Settled about 1830, it was laid out in 1837 and named for Chillicothe, Ohio. When the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad came through in 1859, Chillicothe developed ... Chillicothe city, seat (1798) of Ross county, south-central Ohio, U.S. The city lies along the Scioto River and Paint Creek, about 45 miles (72 km) south of Columbus. It is overlooked (northeast) by Mount Logan, which is depicted on the official state seal. It was first settled (1796) by Virginians led ... Chillida, Eduardo Spanish sculptor who achieved international recognition with works displayed at the 1958 Venice Biennale. His sculpture is characterized by his craftsman's respect for materials, both in his small iron pieces and in his later, monumental works in granite. Chillingworth, Roger fictional character, the vengeful cuckolded physician husband of Hester Prynne, protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850). Vindictive and sly, Chillingworth ministers to the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, with whom his wife has had an affair, after Dimmesdale becomes ill. Ostensibly concerned with Dimmesdale's health, Chillingworth wants only to spy ... Chilliwack district municipality, southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies along the Fraser River near the mouth of the Chilliwack River, 55 miles (89 km) east of Vancouver. It is the trading centre of an agricultural, dairying (especially milk), cattle-raising, and lumbering area. Canning and freezing fruits and vegetables are the chief ... Chiloe Island island, southern Chile. It has an area of 3,241 square miles (8,394 square km). The island is the extension of Chile's coastal mountain range, from which it is separated by the Chacao Strait. The nearest of the myriad islands and archipelagoes to its south are the Guaitecas Islands, which lie ... Chilpancingo city, capital of Guerrero estado (state), south-central Mexico. Chilpancingo lies in the Sierra Madre del Sur along the Huacapa River, which descends through the inland flanks of the mountains. In pre-Columbian times, the Olmec left remarkable cave paintings in the nearby Juxtlahuaca caverns, which include an extensive tunnel network and ... Chilpancingo, Congress of (September-November 1813), meeting held at Chilpancingo, in present Guerrero state, Mex., that declared the independence of Mexico from Spain and drafted a constitution, which received final approval (Oct. 22, 1814) at the Congress of Apatzingan. Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, who called the congress at Chilpancingo, had assumed leadership of ... Chilperic I Merovingian king of Soissons whom Gregory of Tours, a contemporary, called the Nero and the Herod of his age. Chilperic II king of Neustria and, briefly, of all the Frankish lands. Chiltern district, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, extending over a relatively small central portion of the Chiltern Hills. It comprises the neighbouring towns of Amersham and Chesham with the district offices in the former. Modern residential development about these valley towns, situated within 30 miles (48 km) of central ... Chiltern Hills range of chalk hills in England, extending some 70 mi (115 km) southwest to northeast through parts of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire, forming a well-marked escarpment to the northwest and a gentle southeast slope to the River Thames. Considerable areas are now cared for by the National Trust and ... Chilton, Alex American singer and songwriter who, as frontman of the seminal power pop band Big Star, crafted a body of work whose influence far outstripped its volume. Chilwa, Lake lake in southeastern Malawi. It lies in a depression between the Shire Highlands (west) and the Mozambique border (east) that extends north-northeast from the foot of the Mulanje Mountains through Lake Chiuta to the Lugenda valley in Mozambique. The Chilwa basin-plain is broken by a few hill formations (including Chisi ... chimaera any of numerous cartilaginous fishes distantly related to sharks and rays in the class Chondrichthyes but separated from them as the subclass (or sometimes class) Holocephali. Like sharks and rays, chimaeras have cartilaginous skeletons, and the males possess external reproductive organs (claspers) derived from the pelvic fins and used to ... Chimaltenango city, southwestern Guatemala. It is located 30 miles (48 km) from Guatemala City, in the central highlands at an elevation of 5,860 feet (1,786 metres) above sea level. Founded in 1526 just south of an old Mayan fortress, it is a market centre and transportation hub for the surrounding Indian ... Chimborazo mountain peak, central Ecuador, in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes. Rising to 20,702 ft (6,310 metres), it is the highest peak of Ecuador and was long mistakenly thought to be the highest mountain of the Andes. An inactive volcano with many craters, it is heavily glaciated. From about 15,400 ... Chimbote city, north-central Peru. It has a natural harbour (Chimbote Bay) on Peru's coast, 9 mi (15 km) south of the mouth of the Santa River. Chimbote was a small fishing village (established in 1822, given town status in 1895) until the mid-20th century, when a steel mill and fish-meal factories ... chime any of several sets of tuned percussion instruments. Most frequently "chime" refers to the bell chime (q.v.), but it also denotes tubular bells (q.v.), or orchestral bells; the stone chimes (q.v.), or lithophone; drum chimes, sets of tuned drums found in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand; and gong (q.v.) chimes, the ... Chimera in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind. She devastated Caria and Lycia until she was slain by Bellerophon. In art the Chimera is usually represented as a lion with a goat's head in the middle ... chimera in genetics, an organism or tissue that contains at least two different sets of DNA, most often originating from the fusion of as many different zygotes (fertilized eggs). The term is derived from the Chimera of Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster that was part lion, part goat, and part dragon. ... chimera in botany, a plant or plant part that is a mixture of two or more genetically different types of cells. chimney structure designed to carry off smoke from a fireplace or furnace. A chimney also induces and maintains a draft that provides air to the fire. Chimney Rock National Historic Site spirelike sandstone rock formation in western Nebraska, U.S., that was a major landmark along the Oregon Trail. It is located about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bayard and consists of a 120-foot (37-metre) needle atop a cone-shaped mound; in all, the formation rises 475 feet (145 metres) above the ... chimneypiece originally, a hood projecting from the wall over a grate, built to catch the smoke and direct it up to the chimney flue. It came to mean any decorative development of the same type or for the same purpose-e.g., a mantel, or mantelpiece. Chimoio city, south-central Mozambique. Centrally located, it is also a commercial and industrial centre. The Chicamba Real hydroelectric-power plant on the nearby Revue River provides power for the city's cotton, steel, and saw mills and for the manufacture of coarse textiles and processing of other agricultural and mineral products. Chimoio is ... chimpanzee species of ape that, along with the bonobo, is most closely related to humans. Chimpanzees inhabit tropical forests and savannas of equatorial Africa from The Gambia in the west to Lake Albert, Lake Victoria, and northwestern Tanzania in the east. Individuals vary considerably in size and appearance, but chimpanzees stand ... Chimu South American Indians who maintained the largest and most important political system in Peru before the Inca (q.v.). chimurenga Zimbabwean popular music that delivers messages of social and political protest through an amalgam of Western popular styles and assorted musics of southeastern Africa-particularly those featuring the Shona mbira (thumb piano). With a Shona name that translates variously as "collective fight," "struggle," "uprising," or "liberation war," chimurenga music played a ... Chin group of tribes of Mongol origin, occupying the southernmost part of the mountain ranges separating Myanmar (Burma) from India. Their history from the 17th to the late 19th century was a long sequence of tribal wars and feuds. The first British expedition into the Chin Hills in 1889 was soon ...