Chile

=Chile= 1. Include a map of your country. 2. Native peoples -- which major tribal groups (if any) live(d) in your country? Before Spanish came to South America in the 16th Century, the Inca tribe ruled most of the West Coast of South America. 3. Which European country(ies) colonized your country (if applicable)? The Spanish came to South America in the 16th Century, Chile didn't break away from Spain until 1810. Chile split away from Spain in 1810. 5. What is the current ethnic makeup of your country? White and White-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2% 6. What is the infant mortality rate in your country? //total:// 8.36 deaths/1,000 live births //male:// 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 7.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) 7. What is the official language of your country? Spanish 8. What is the adult literacy rate for your country? 95.7 percent 9. What are the main exports from your country? copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine, oil, natural gas
 * 4. When did your country gain independence (if applicable)? From which country?**

Now please click on the WorldBankData.pdf file. 10. Look for your country's GNI per capita. GNI is the country's total income divided by the population, or an indication of the relative standard of living in that country. It does NOT give you an indication about how wealth is distributed among the population in that country. **Compare your country's GNI per capita with that of the United States and add that to your wiki page.** Chile's GNI is 11,470, and United States is 41,950, nearly 4 times larger, although Chile's economy has been growing almost 8 percent for past years, United States GNI is still larger.

Please click on the WorldBank$2Day.pdf (or look at the copy in class) 11. What percentage of the population in your country lives on less than $1 a day? $2 a day? Add this data to your wiki page. 1 Dollar a day is greater than 2 percent, 2 Dollars a day is 9.6 percent.

12. Look for a current events issue that is important in your assigned country. You may wish to look at the internation news source link or the Yahoo! News link where you can type your country's name into the search box. Summarize (one paragraph in your **own words**) what a current issue is in this country. In another paragraph, analyze what impact this issue is having on the people in the country or region. (Yes, this sounds a lot like your summer reading assignment!)

[|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/world/americas/13chile.html?_r=2&n=Top/News/World/Countries%20and%20Territories/Chile&oref=slogin&o]ref=slogin This article is about the demand for energy in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. After record low temperatures in Chile and Argentina, Argentina cut 90 percent of the natural gas they send to Chile, that Chile uses in power plants to create energy. The factories and power plants were forced to switch to diesel, which pollute the air much more then natural gas. Chile’s Capital Santiago has reported the highest numbers of dangerous smog days. This has not only effected the environment, but this is also affecting the daily life for everyone. There are expected to be black outs by 2009. But also Chile has thought of making nuclear power plants to create more energy and also hydroelectric power plants. These would not only create other energy sources but also would be a boost the already rising economy, and give many people jobs.

A Chilean judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of the widow and five children of Augusto Pinochet on charges of misappropriating public funds. Judge Carlos Cerda said the 23 people benefited from at least $20 million withdrawn from discretionary funds allotted to the presidency. President Michelle Bachelet told reporters the decision showed that "no one is above the law". Chilean courts began investigating General Pinochet's fortune in mid-2004 after the US's report revealed that he had hidden at least $8 million in secret accounts at Riggs Bank in Washington. Chilean magistrates later found $26 million in dozens of accounts in different parts of the world with false names. At the time of his death last december Pinochet was tried fro tax evasion, tax fraud falsification of official documents and the use of fake passports.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/world/americas/05chile.html?n=Top/News/World/Countries%20and%20Territories/Chile

13. If you have finished all of the above, look for other environmental and health data from the Population Reference Bureau. **Compare your country's data with that of the United States and add it to your wiki page.** CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions per capita (per person): Chile:3.4 Metric Tons, United States: 19.9 Metric Tons, US is almost 7 times as great as Chile. Using much more Carbon Dioxide. Number of vehicles per 1,000 people: Chile: No Information, United States: 774, Not enough information. Percentage of the population using adequate sanitation, rural areas: Chile: No Information, United States: 100, Not enough information. Percentage of underweight children, <5: Chile:1 percent, United States: 1 percent, Same information. Very little hunger in both countries.

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