Valparaiso Chile
Chile (04/05)
Cities: Capital--Santiago (metropolitan area est. 6 million). Other cities--Concepcion-Talcahuano (840,000), Vina del Mar-Valparaiso (800,000), Antofagasta (245,000), Temuco (230,000). ... Chile's bicameral Congress has a 48-seat Senate--38 elected, 9 appointed, 1 for life--and a 120-member Chamber of Deputies. Deputies are elected every 4 years. Senators serve for 8 years with staggered terms. The current Senate is evenly split 24-24 between pro-government and opposition Senators. Nine institutional senators were appointed in 1999, and two "senators for life," former Presidents Pinochet (who resigned in 2002) and Frei. (Chile's Constitution provides that former presidents who have served at least 6 years shall be entitled to a lifetime senate seat.) The last congressional elections were held in December 2001. The current lower house--the Chamber of Deputies--contains 60 members of the governing center-left coalition and 56 from the center-right opposition. Currently 4 Deputies have their voting rights suspended on legal grounds. The Congress is located in the port city of Valparaiso, about 140 kilometers (84 mi.) west of the capital, Santiago. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
In Santiago, U.S. Government employees and their family members number about 235 and represent eight departments or agencies of the U.S. Government: State, Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Defense Attach Office (DAO), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Military Group (MILGP), and the Department of Justice (LEGATT). All agencies maintain their offices in Santiago, except the MILGP, which also has an office in Valparaiso. Mission offices are situated in the Embassy Chancery at Avenida Andres Bello 2800. The building is located in the Las Condes residential area near the Mapocho River. The Embassy telephone number is (56) (2) 2322600. Official hours for all agencies in the Chancery are currently 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. ... [Read More]
Chile
A wide variety of active faiths exist in the country. In addition to the predominant Catholic Church and the large Pentecostal Methodist Church, the Wesleyan Church, Lutheran Church, Reformed Evangelical Church, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Anglican Church, Methodist Church, and the Patriarch of Antioch Orthodox Church are among the Christian denominations represented. The Mormons and the Unification Church also are active. Other faiths include Judaism, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith. Members of all major faiths are concentrated in the capital, with Catholic, Evangelical, and Pentecostal churches also active in other regions of the country. Jewish communities are located in Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Valdivia, Temuco, Concepcion, and Iquique (although there is no synagogue in Iquique). ... [Read More]
Elihu Root
Lota, Santiago, Valparaiso ... [Read More]
Chile
On July 11, the Congress approved a constitutional reform designed to put an end to film censorship and established a film classification system to take its place. The new classification system was scheduled to begin operating in January 2003. Following a 2001 ruling criticizing the Supreme Court's 1997 decision to uphold the 1989 ban on the exhibition of the film "The Last Temptation of Christ," the IACHR gave the Government 60 days to explain what steps had been taken to end censorship and allow exhibition of the film. At years end, the film had still not been exhibited commercially in the country.On December 4, a Santiago court ordered police to seize immediately all existing copies of journalist Cristobal Pena's book "Cecilia, La Vida en Llamas". The book is an unauthorized biography of pop diva Cecilia Pantoja and the removal order came after the singer filed a libel suit against the author. The book no longer was on sale in bookstores pendin ... [Read More]
Chile
Families of persons who suffered, died, or disappeared while in government custody continue to file new claims for compensation. In June the Group of Former Political Prisoners of the Region of Valparaiso filed a claim with the regional appeals court seeking damages for illegal detention and deprivation of liberty. In April a Santiago court decreed that the Government should pay about $222,000 (125 million pesos) to two children of Doctor Enrique Paris for damages resulting from the 1973 death and disappearance of their father. Another Santiago court ordered the Government to pay approximately $180,000 (100 million pesos) to the family of Arsenio Poupin Ossiel. A court also ordered a payment of approximately $430,000 (240 million pesos) to the family of Eduardo Paredes. All three disappeared after being taken into custody by the military following the September 11, 1973, assault on the presidential palace. In August the courts awarded approximately $500,000 (300 million pesos) to the w ... [Read More]
Cordell Hull
Santiago, Valparaiso, Antofagasta ... [Read More]
South America Educational Advising Centers EducationUSA
CHILE - Valparaiso/Viña del Mar ... Santiago | Antofagasta | Chillán | Concepcion | Curico | Iquique | La Serena | Temuco | Valparaiso/Viña del Mar CHILE - Santiago ... [Read More]
Chile
There were no further developments in the investigations of military-era detentions and disappearances of persons at Colonia Dignidad (renamed "Villa Baviera"), a secretive German-speaking settlement 240 miles south of Santiago during the year. Paul Schaefer, founder of the 34,000-acre enclave, remained a fugitive, wanted on charges including the 1994 kidnapping and disappearance of Alvaro Vallejos, at year's end. In 2000, the authorities arrested Schaefer's deputy Gerhard Muecke in connection with Vallejos' disappearance. The Government issued an order to expel Muecke, but first he must stand trial in connection with Vallejos' disappearance and two other charges that remained under investigation. Muecke remained in custody at year's end. In 1985, Boris Weisfeiler disappeared near Colonia Dignidad under circumstances that have yet to be clarified. The case was reopened in 2000 and remained under investigation at year's end. [Read More]
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