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  Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chileans elected a new president and the majority of members of a two-chamber congress on December 14, 1989.
The Chilean Army is 45,000 strong and is organized with an Army headquarters in Santiago, seven divisions throughout its territory, an Air Brigade in Rancagua, and a Special Forces Command in Colina.
Chileans descended from non-Spanish European nationalities are not very numerous, but include a small yet influential number of Irish and English immigrants that arrived in Chile during the Spanish colonial period, and during the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chile   (5459 words)

  
 Chilean coup of 1973 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Chilean coup d'état of September 11, 1973, was a watershed event in the history of Chile and the Cold War.
The majority of the Chilean population were at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum and had grown weary of perennial problems that were affecting the country.
Chilean presidents were allowed a maximum of 6 years, which may explain Allende's haste to restructure the economy.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /chilean_coup_of_1973.htm   (4298 words)

  
 Cephalopod News: Special Report: Chilean Blob
Chilean scientists said on Friday their study of a huge blob of flesh found on a Pacific beach about three weeks ago concluded it was the carcass of a sperm whale, ending speculation of a giant octopus.
Chileans who found a huge blob of flesh washed up on a remote Pacific beach said on Thursday they would send samples of the specimen to foreign scientists to sort out if it is a rare giant octopus or part of a whale carcass.
Chilean scientists were baffled today by a huge, gelatinous sea creature found washed up on the southern Pacific coast and were seeking international help identifying the mystery specimen.
zapatopi.net /cephnews/chileanblob.html   (577 words)

  
 Weeds Australia - Chilean Needle Grass - Manager's Fact Pack
A range of control options for managing Chilean needle grass may be used depending largely on the size and density of the infestation, and the situation in which the infestation occurs.
For areas 'clean' of Chilean needle grass, the greatest dispersal risk results from vectors created by man. Plant, equipment and material hygiene are of the greatest importance to prevent such spread, followed by controls over the movement of livestock.
Chilean needle grass seedlings that germinate during any cropping regime, must be prevented from flowering by integrating either chemical control or very heavy grazing.
www.weeds.org.au /WoNS/Chileanneedlegrass/CNGFactPack2.htm   (2197 words)

  
 U.S. Sets Net for Poachers of Chilean Sea Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Chileans were the first to market toothfish commercially in the United States, earning it the name Chilean sea bass, although it is really not a bass and it is not always caught in Chilean waters.
Chilean sea bass are caught mostly by hooks attached to longlines, strung behind fishing boats.
Chilean sea bass is not an endangered species, but continued poaching could place the species at risk.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/chileanbass2002.html   (946 words)

  
 California Avocado Commission - AvoResearch The Chilean Avocado Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chilean avocado groves are located in a range of latitudes similar to those in California, but in the southern hemisphere.
The Chileans recognized this window of opportunity and turned the US into the focus of their avocado exporting efforts.
The first significant shipment of 6 million lbs of Chilean avocados arrived in the US in 1986 as the US avocado market, thanks to the CAC merchandising efforts and demographic changes, was in a cycle of growth (Figure 1).
www.avocado.org /static/avoresearch/overview.php   (420 words)

  
 Weeds Australia - About Chilean Needle Grass
As its name suggests, Chilean needle grass is a native of South America that was first recorded in Australia about 70 years ago.
Chilean needle grass is becoming a highly invasive weed in pastures and indigenous grassland ecosystems of temperate south-eastern Australia.
The potential distribution of Chilean needle grass in Australia has been estimated to be more than 41 million ha.
www.weeds.org.au /WoNS/Chileanneedlegrass/CNGAbout.htm   (415 words)

  
 Chilean Sea Bass Frequently Asked Questions
Some Chilean sea bass fisheries are managed in a responsible manner, but there are some areas where the species has been and continues to be overfished.
U.S. regulations allow imports of Chilean sea bass that are caught within legal limits and that provide for the sustainable use and conservation of the fishery resource.
However, the majority of Chilean sea bass is harvested in distant waters of Antarctica, frozen onboard factory vessels, and shipped several weeks to several months later.
www.state.gov /g/oes/rls/fs/2002/8989.htm   (824 words)

  
 Nation's Restaurant News: Falling hook, line and sinker for Chilean sea bass - restaurant industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chilean sea bass is a toothfish, so named for its decidedly vicious looking choppers.
Louis's Charleston Restaurant in Charleston, S.C., roasts the Chilean sea bass and serves it with melted leeks along with a heart counterpoint of braised oxtails and curry oil.
A new menu at March in Manhattan features Chilean sea bass roasted with a Middle Eastern five-spice crust and served with a confit of plum tomatoes, braised eggplant and poached fennel in a fennel broth.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n46_v31/ai_20005618   (659 words)

  
 U.S. Chefs Join Campaign to Save Chilean Sea Bass - VeggieBoards
Ten years ago, Chilean sea bass was virtually unknown in the United States, but since then the fish has become a staple on many upscale menus.
The goal of the "Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass" campaign is to encourage chefs to remove the beleaguered fish from their menus until populations begin to recover from widespread and dangerous overfishing, most of which is done by illegal "pirate" fishing boats.
Regulation of the Chilean sea bass fishery is challenging because the fish are caught in international waters by boats from many nations.
www.veggieboards.com /boards/showthread.php?t=8171   (1246 words)

  
 Florida Chefs Give Up Chilean Sea Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The campaign "Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass," is sponsored by the National Environmental Trust and The Antarctica Project, and more than 1,000 U.S. chefs from more than a dozen of the nation's major metropolitan areas.
The Chilean Sea Bass is a marketing name for the Patagonian toothfish, a deep water fish that gained tremendous popularity over the past decade.
Some estimates find that as much 80 percent of Chilean Sea Bass sold on the world market is obtained illegally.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/chefsbass2003.html   (306 words)

  
 Dolphin Feature - The Chilean Dolphin
The Chilean dolphin is quite rare, and due to this fact it’s longevity and current population are unable to be declared.
The Chilean dolphin is considered a docile mammal and does not approach humans.
The Chilean dolphin live in pods of 2 to 15 dolphins, but groups of up to 400 dolphins have been viewed during what is thought to be their breeding season.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/dolphins/31948   (365 words)

  
 CHILEAN SEA BASS
Chilean Sea Bass, being a cold-water fish, can be caught throughout most of the Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere.
The meat of a Chilean Sea Bass is a pearly snow white which remains white upon cooking.
Chilean Sea Bass has a very large flake and is very moist and tender.
www.alwaysfreshfish.com /chilean_sea_bass.html   (619 words)

  
 Chilean Rose Tarantula Care Sheet
The Chilean Rose Tarantula is one of the most commonly imported tarantulas in the trade today.
One of the color phases of the Chilean Rose Tarantula is a tan to brown overall color with pink hairs and a pink carapace, while the other is a tarantula with red hairs all over it's body.
The Chilean Rose Tarantula is the ultimate starter species, and should be considered for anybody who wants to dive into the hobby.
www.petbugs.com /caresheets/G-rosea.html   (412 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Chilean Kitchen: Authentic, Homestyle Foods, Regional Wines and Culinary Traditions of Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chilean cuisine sometimes requires quite a bit of patience, yet other times a delicious dish can be produced with little effort.
The sections on Chilean fruits and wines-"the fruits of the vine"-are very informative and provide yet another avenue to cultural appreciation of a country of majestic mountains, prodigious gardens, and generous Pacific waters.
Though this is a Chilean cookbook, I found that most of the ingredients are readily available at most markets, and the possibly harder-to-find ingredients have options.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1557883076   (1084 words)

  
 Chile (04/05)
As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia (1879-83), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.
Chileans voted for elections to choose a new president and the majority of members of a two-chamber congress.
The Chilean Army is one of the most professional and technologically advanced armies in Latin America.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1981.htm   (4585 words)

  
 SOUTHERN CHILEAN FISHERIES
Chilean fishery is oriented mainly around intensive captures of small pelagic species.
In the southern regions of Chiloe, Aysen and Magellan, besides Antartic waters under CCAMLR administration, the chilean demersal fishery is located between the 41 and 57 southern latitude.
Chilean Undersecretary of Fisheries (1996), has stated that the fishing efforts has been reduced by 80% during the last 6 years, as a consequence of the strong reduction (87%) of the Patagonian Hake's biomass.
archive.greenpeace.org /comms/fish/chile01.html   (1906 words)

  
 Chilean Women Celebrate Gaining Right to Divorce
"I think the problem with Chilean women who suffer violence within the home is that they put up with it and we do this because for generations we've been raised to stay at home and be submissive housewives," says Lobos.
He says the paternalist model of the family is seen as a fundamental social structure and the building block for the development of the Chilean state itself.
Many Chileans have grown reluctant to forge a bond that can't be broken, particularly women.
www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/2095   (1367 words)

  
 U.S.-Chilean Social Security Agreement
Chilean Social Security benefits covered by the agreement include old-age, survivors and disability benefits under both the old and new systems.
However, to be eligible to have your Chilean credits counted, you must have earned at least six credits (generally one and one-half years of work) under the U.S. system.
Payments under the new Chilean system are made by one of the Pension Fund Administrators near the end of month and cover benefits for the preceding month.
www.segurosocial.gov /international/Agreement_Pamphlets/chile.html   (4421 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Chilean Corralero Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1557 Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, the new governor, arrived in Chile with 42 horses of the famous caste of the Guzmanes and Valenzuelas, marking the beginning of the Chilean horse breed.
A pure Chilean breed appeared by the beginning of the 19th century, and the Chilean Corralero appeared by the end of the century.
The Chilean Corralero has its major ties in use for working cattle and is now used heavily in Chilean rodeo, which had its origins in the countryside as a game of chasing cattle.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/chileancorralero   (245 words)

  
 Chilean visa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Exit Requirement: Dependent children under age 18 (including the children of divorced parents) arriving traveling alone, with one parent, or in someone else’s custody, must present a notarized document certifying that both parents agree to their travel before the child will be allowed to exit Chile.
This document must be notarized before a Chilean consular officer in the United States.
You must verify travel requirements with the Chilean Embassy or at one of their consulates prior to finalizing your travel plans.
www.aneki.com /visa/Chilean_visa.html   (112 words)

  
 US Department of State Bulletin: Chilean fruit exports to the U.S - Joint statement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Recognizing the danger to the Chilean economy and the need to protect the safety of consumers, Secretary Baker and his Chilean guests agreed that the two countries would continue to work together closely on an urgent basis to resolve this problem.
The Chilean ministers, in turn, expressed deep concern for the damage already suffered by Chile and emphasized the need for swift action to avoid further economic and social costs.
Secretary Baker and the two Chilean ministers expressed satisfaction that a team of experts from the FDA would travel to Santiago immediately to offer their services to their Chilean counterparts.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1079/is_n2146_v89/ai_7655093   (626 words)

  
 The Chilean Heroes of Social Security Privatizers - Center for American Progress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To fully understand the Chilean experience and appreciate the origins of the social re-engineering being championed by the right-wing today, one must look further back than 1981 to another September 11 –; September 11, 1973, the day on which the brutal, repressive, anti-democratic Pinochet regime sprang to life.
As the Chilean government recently recognized for the first time, the tyranny of Pinochet and his regime extended well beyond political killings and into a systematic reliance on torture.
Later, the Pinochet regime was exactly the kind of regime embraced by the Reagan administration in its application of the so-called Kirkpatrick Doctrine that drew a distinction between communist totalitarian regimes and pro-Western, anti-communist authoritarian regimes, leading, in the case of Chile, to an abandonment of a number of Carter administration-era sanctions against the regime.
www.americanprogress.org /site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=264078   (918 words)

  
 Pest Alerts - Chilean Recluse, DPI - FDACS
INTRODUCTION: On 7 July 2002, an infestation of the Chilean recluse, Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet), was discovered in a residence in Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida.
MEDICAL IMPORTANCE: The Chilean recluse is reputedly the most toxic species of Loxosceles, which have necrotizing venom, and it has been implicated in a few deaths in South America.
Nevertheless, if presence of the Chilean recluse is strongly suspected, specimens should be submitted to the Department of Agriculture's Division of Plant Industry for confirmation.
www.doacs.state.fl.us /pi/enpp/ento/loxoscel.html   (659 words)

  
 CHILEAN WINES
Spain was a leading recipient of Chilean wines and the "mother country" attempted to control the "kids" by imposing taxes on wine imports to Spain and vineyards in Chile.
A significant percentage of Chilean vineyards were uprooted during this period.
According to Agustin Huneeus, a Chilean fellow who has interests in California as well as South America, the variety was brought to Chile along with Cabernet and Merlot back in the 1850s.
www.weimax.com /chilean_wines.htm   (2715 words)

  
 Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - All Seafood List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chilean seabass, otherwise known as Patagonian toothfish, are found in the coldest oceans near Antarctica.
Law enforcement is difficult in the vast and remote Antarctic oceans; law-abiding fishermen and international managers admit that pirate fishing is out of control.
Chilean seabass are caught using either bottom trawls or longlines.
www.mbayaq.org /cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_factsheet.asp?gid=6   (157 words)

  
 Chilean Sea Bass Need Your Protection! Petition
Chilean Sea Bass is now on the verge of extinction.
Putting the Chilean Sea Bass on CITES would obligate all 160 countries to close their ports to these unlicensed pirate fisherman by requiring all fishermen to produce documentation of their catch.
In the absence of regulations that cover all the countries involved, chefs all across America have agreed to "Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass" and not buy, sell or serve toothfish until stronger regulations are in place to close ports to illegal fishermen.
www.thepetitionsite.com /archived_petitions/257780982.html   (1370 words)

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