By: Yanitza Borrero

CHILE

Map of Chile

Chile is located in Southern South America bordering the South Pacific Ocean, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.

Population

17,508,260 (July 2015)

Non-indigenous and white: 88.9%

Mapuche: 9.1%

Aymara: 0.7%

Unspecified: 0.3%

Other: 1.0%

Religion

! Roman Catholic – 66.7% ! Evangelical or Protestant –

16.4% ! Jehovah’s witness – 1% ! Other – 3.4% ! None – 11.5% ! Unspecified – 1.1%

Culture

! Music in Chile ranges from folkloric, popular and classical music.

! The national dance is Cueca. ! Cazuela is a typical dish of Chile, a type of soup made with

meats and vegetables. ! Easter Island is one of the main tourist location for Chile.

History

! Control by the Incas ! Pedro de Valdivia found the city of

Santiago in 1541 ! Won its independence from Spain

in September 18, 1810. ! Salvador Allende was the first

Marxist to become President of a Latin American country.

! Michelle Bachelet become the first female president in 2006-2010. ! She is currently the President of

Chile.

Literature! Chileans call their country país de

poetas — country of poets.

! Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945.

! Chile's most famous poet is Pablo Neruda, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 and is world-renowned for his extensive library of works on romance, nature, and politics.

Isabel Allende RAP Sheet! Artist name: Isabel Allende ! DOB: August 2, 1942 ! Country/Place of birth: Lima, Peru ! Religious affiliation: N/A ! Education: holds honorary degrees from several American Universities,

including honorary Doctorates from Colombia and New York University, and has won many awards, although she maintains that the most “significant awards”.

! Politics: Activism ! Relevant Literary or Philosophical movement: Magic Realism ! Genres: Journalism, novels, ! Main themes: Dictatorship, Democracy, Love and Power ! Style: estranged main protagonist, adoption and expansion of the female

perspective, a unique balance of the political and the personal ! Examples: “El Benefactor needed her by his side because she was the closest

thing to a companion he had known; her husband had returned to Europe and she had nowhere to turn in this land; and even her name was fading from memory (p802).”

! Other: She is the niece of the former Chilean President, Salvador Allende.

Sources

! https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html

! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile ! http://www.infoplease.com/country/chile.html#ixzz3D5snI0Wn ! http://ia-site.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cont/other/

Bio_Isabel-en.pdf?r=152a5c29 ! http://www.biography.com/people/isabel-allende-9181801 ! http://www.gradesaver.com/author/isabel-allende