Destination: Chile
Good Riddance, Pinochet
by Jim Benning | 12.11.06 | 7:43 PM ET
Observes Marc Cooper in today’s Los Angeles Times: “Not with little irony did the gods choose to reclaim former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on Sunday, which was International Human Rights Day.”
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Yahoo! BuzzTourist Map Puts Argentina-Chile Relations On Edge
by Michael Yessis | 09.06.06 | 6:41 AM ET
It’s an icy chunk of land at the bottom of the continent, and Argentina and Chile both want it. Or at least some of it. But which country actually gets it has been in dispute since 1998, when the governments of Argentina and Chile stated that a disputed border area in the Andes Southern Ice Field would be depicted as blank until the two countries reached an agreement about where the boundaries should be drawn. All remained calm—and blank—until Argentina recently produced a tourist map with the disputed area within its borders. Chile didn’t like that, so it registered an official complaint with Argentina. According to a MercoPress piece, the countries are trying to minimize the episode. However, a Reuters story says that the incident has inflamed already tense relations between the countries.
A Cultural Shift in Macho Chile?
by Jim Benning | 03.09.06 | 1:48 PM ET
Just how macho and socially conservative is Chile? According to the Los Angeles Times, “It was the last country in the Western Hemisphere to legalize divorce, little more than a year ago. Abortion remains illegal.” And according some, rates of domestic violence are high. But Chile’s culture appears to be changing. On Saturday, Michelle Bachelet officially takes office as Chile’s first female head of state. Some citizens, including hopeful women, see Bachelet’s election as a sign that the nation is slowly becoming more democratic, post-Pinochet, and more open to women taking a prominent role in all walks of life, from business to government. The Los Angeles Times’ Reed Johnson, who has been filing terrific culture-related stories from throughout Latin America, reported on the phenomenon in yesterday’s paper.
On the Road to Chapel Hill, Off the Road Through Chile
by Michael Yessis | 11.27.05 | 11:12 PM ET
The Sunday travel sections feature a couple of fun road trip stories. In the Washington Post, Ben Brazil chronicles a drive through three music-obsessed college towns in the Southeastern U.S.: Athens, Georgia; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Online Journalism Award Winners
by Michael Yessis | 11.09.01 | 9:34 PM ET
The Online News Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recently announced the Online Journalism Awards for 2000-01. Travel-related winners include:
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