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Wikinews interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:18:36 GMT

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Wikinews reporter LauraHale interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles

Recently, Wikinews spent time with with Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles who was in Copper Mountain, Colorado for the IPC Nor-Am Cup.

Wikinews I'm interviewing Jorge Migueles, he is here from Chile. And you're from Santiago.

Jorge Migueles: Yes, from Santiago.

WN What you're what classification?

Jorge Migueles: LW4, I have a prosthetic I ski with, special for skiing, I have an amputation below the knee.

WN When people think of skiing, they don't automatically think Chile as a great place for skiers, and developing skiers. How did the skier [Jorge Migueles] from Chile become a skier?

Jorge Migueles: Yes it is a good place because all the big teams — USA, Austria, Canada — go for training there and they go [...] in September because the snow is very hard for training, very icy, and it is very close to Santiago, to the airport, it is more easy for the logistics for the team.

WN I take it that you really like skiing?

Jorge Migueles: Yeah.

WN Do you do any other sports?

Jorge Migueles: Yes, I competed in triathlon, but only for a hobby. I got training in Santiago before to come here, to ski[?] here and one, two months in Europe.

WN So the triathlon helps you with your skiing?

Jorge Migueles: Yeah.

WN I take it your taking to go to Sochi?

Jorge Migueles: Yeah, I try.

WN Has your country [Chile] won any Paralympic medals in the winter games?

Jorge Migueles: No, never, neither[?] olympic nor paralympic.

WN So you want to be the first winter Paralympian medal from your country?

Jorge Migueles: I try that. Very difficult.

WN Do you get government support for the winter Paralympic side?

Jorge Migueles: Not yet, but I try and get support from the government because in Chile all the sport in the summer in Santiago 2014 is all the sport in the summer is all they reimburse[?], the monies go there, in the winter it's more difficult. But I try that.

WN Is winter sport popular in Chile?

Jorge Migueles: Yeah, it's popular, but it's very expensive to practice skiing or snowboard.

WN The only other major news story that people know about in Chile is the earthquake, that didn't impact you that much you at all?

Jorge Migueles: Yes, a lot, because when [...] had to stay here in United States training, and seeing in the news the earthquake, was very hard.

WN And your family and everything was okay, with that?

Jorge Migueles: Yes, they're okay.

WN Is there anything people who know nothing about Paralympic sport in Chile should know?

Jorge Migueles: In London, in the past Olympic Game, one person with disability [...], he won gold medal in London. [...] He was the first Paralympic to win a medal in the history of Chile. And now the people know this movement [The Paralympics].

WN That's very cool. Okay. Thank you very, very much.

Jorge Migueles: Thank you.

Jorge Migueles at Solitude Station on Copper Mountain
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Jorge Migueles competing on the last day of the IPC Nor-Am Cup
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Wikinews interviews Diego Grez, Chilean earthquake survivor

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:44:28 GMT

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Chile

Other stories from Chile

19 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles
9 September 2012: Wikinews interviews Diego Grez, Chilean earthquake survivor
14 August 2012: Students from Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua, Chile detained after taking control of school
1 April 2012: Roberto Córdova wins Concertación primary elections in Pichilemu, Chile
26 March 2012: Wikinews Shorts: March 26, 2012

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Location of Chile

Chile Portal

File:Diego Grez - 2.jpg

Diego Grez.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile on Saturday, causing significant damage throughout parts of the country. Diego Grez (a Wikinews correspondent by the pen name MisterWiki) was in Pichilemu at the time of the quake. Four days after the quake, Peter Coti, also a Wikinews contributor, was able to chat with Mr. Grez about what happened Saturday morning.

Interview [edit]

Peter CotiWhat is the status of power, gas and water?

Diego GrezThe electricity was restored last night, after more than 3 days without radio, cellphone or TV, in a few words, without communication. There was never any problem with the gas or water here in Pichilemu, but there are a near town called Bucalemu that has been 4 days without any of those.

PCHow is the government responding in your area?

DGIt has been slow. Mainly, I was surprised because the mayor of the city was not here during the quake. He was far away and he have got here in Sunday. We didn't receive food until yesterday. The people was very scared and the government hasn't been seen after the quake. I went quickly to the nearest hill, to be safe of a possible tsunami without help of anyone.

The Arturo Prat Square before and now. Note those kiosks, that were completely destroyed after the earthquake and the tsunami.
Image: Diego Grez via Flickr.

PCWhat is going on right now?

DGWe are on the hill right now, far away from my house. I'm very worried about my house.

PCIs the infrastructure stable?

DGYes. Fortunately, the most of the Pichilemu houses are secure including mine.

PCAre there a lot of people on the hill with you?

DGYes. But every day that passes there are less.

PCCan you summarize what happened to you during the quake?

DGI was sleeping. My Dad came down from the second floor and said to my Mom that it was a shake. I have to say that my Dad was very scared. My mom went out with my dad. The shake didn't stopped and then they called me and my sister. The house moved from side to side. I really thought it was going to fall. It was 3 or 4 minutes long. After it, when we wanted to go back for cellphone, a radio and clothes (we all were in pajamas), then some aftershocks took place. We then ran the car and changed. Outside there were many other people running to the nearest hill, called Cerro (Hill) La Cruz. The La Cruz Hill was flooded with cars and people crying. It was really a sad situation. In addition of that, people was looting cars. And the people was urinating and excreting anywhere. The hill became very dirty. We stayed on the hill until the day before yesterday. We went to our house. And there didn't happened anything. Just a glass was broken. A strong aftershock happened and we ran away again. Now there's no problem to be there. I can happily say that we had no further problems.

PC Is the local hospital operational?

DGThe ill people were taken to a high school, because of the risk of a new tsunami, but they were taken back soon.

PCThank you for your time and I wish you and your country good luck in the recovery process.

DGThank you.

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Equipo el Rancahuaso. "Terremoto en Chile: Fotos e información Bucalemu, Paredones y Pichilemu" — El Rancahuaso, March 3, 2010 (Spanish)
Victor Rebolledo. "Terremoto y tsunami en Chile: Pichilemu devastado" — El Morrocotudo, February 28, 2010 (Spanish)

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Students from Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua, Chile detained after taking control of school

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:06:20 GMT

Chile

Other stories from Chile

19 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles
9 September 2012: Wikinews interviews Diego Grez, Chilean earthquake survivor
14 August 2012: Students from Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua, Chile detained after taking control of school
1 April 2012: Roberto Córdova wins Concertación primary elections in Pichilemu, Chile
26 March 2012: Wikinews Shorts: March 26, 2012

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua.
Image: Arsenalero.

San Fernando, Chile — Ten students from the Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua, O'Higgins Region were detained by the local police yesterday. Following their release, the students told the media they were required to remove their clothes at the police station.

The students, seven men and three women, took control of the building of the school early yesterday morning in response to the long delay in re-construction of the liceo, following the earthquake of 2010. At around 08:00 local time (1200 UTC), Leonardo Fuentes, general secretary of the Municipal Educational Corporation of Rancagua, authorized the police to clear out the students.

Pedro Larraín in October 2011.
Image: Diego Grez.

Student leader Jennifer Olivares told Diario VI Región the police "stripped off [their] clothes"^((es)) upon their arrival at the police station, Comisaría de Rancagua, something which Lieutenant Colonel of Carabineros Iván Guajardo did not deny. However, police stated the students will be charged by the public prosecutor with robbing food from the school. "It's a bit illogical that they stripped off our clothes, with the knowledge that there were minors and without [us] being delinquents, but students who took the school peacefully"^((es)), said Olivares. Ignacio Muñoz, former leader of the occupation of the Liceo María Luisa Bombal, told El Rancahuaso "the Mayor [Eduardo Soto] promised to begin the reconstruction works last summer, and it's August already and they don't even begin to take the debris outside"^((es)). Education Regional Secretary (Seremi de Educación) Pedro Larraín said the government "does not share"^((es)) such actions, "because they harm education"^((es)).

The Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins was one of the first in 2012 to resuscitate the previous year's student protests, more specifically at the Liceo Industrial de San Fernando, which was taken control by the students in late July, and which as of yesterday was still taken. The students of the Liceo Industrial were particularly affected, after the president of the school's centro de alumnos Guillermo Horta Farías was stabbed outside the educational establishment on July 31; his fellow schoolmates subsequently organized a march in his honour in Rancagua, on August 8. As of August 11, eight high schools have been taken control of by students, in response to the government's failure to satisfy the secondary and university students' requests.

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"Estudiantes denuncian haber sido desnudados tras desalojo de Liceo" — Diario VI Región, August 13, 2012 (Spanish)
"10 estudiantes detenidos tras toma de Liceo María Luisa Bombal de Rancagua" — El Rancahuaso, August 13, 2012 (Spanish)
"Alumnos de Rancagua acusaron que Carabineros los obligó a desnudarse" — Radio Cooperativa, August 13, 2012 (Spanish)
"El INBA se sumó a las tomas y elevó a ocho los colegios movilizados en Santiago" — Soy Chile, August 11, 2012 (Spanish)
Diana Cabezas Abarca. "Secundarios marcharán en apoyo a estudiante agredido en Liceo de San Fernando" — El Tipógrafo, August 8, 2012 (Spanish)
Fabiola Melo. "Grave se encuentra estudiante apuñalado en toma del Liceo Industrial de San Fernando" — La Tercera, August 1, 2012 (Spanish)

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Roberto Córdova wins Concertación primary elections in Pichilemu, Chile

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:55:46 GMT

Roberto Córdova won the primary elections. Pictured during an interview in November 2010.
Image: Diego Grez.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Pichilemu, Chile – Incumbent mayor of the Chilean commune of Pichilemu, Roberto Córdova Carreño (Socialist Party) won the primary elections —qualified as "historic" by local newspaper Expreso de la Costa— to choose a unique candidate for mayor representing the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia (Concert of Parties for Democracy) coalition of left-winged parties in the next municipal elections of October 28. The elections were held in the Digna Camilo Aguilar School. Córdova ran against incumbent councillor Andrea Aranda (Party for Democracy).

Anyone inscribed in the poll registry before November 30, 2011 and without membership in non-Concertación parties can participate in the election. Simultaneously, similar elections are were held in thirteen other communes of the O'Higgins Region, including regional capital Rancagua and Santa Cruz.

Both Aranda and Córdova participated on Saturday night in a televised debate hosted by municipal worker Fabricio Cáceres Jorquera in his program Cóctel de Sábado, broadcasted by Canal 3 Pichilemu.

The candidates [edit]

Roberto Córdova

Roberto del Carmen Córdova Carreño is the current mayor of the commune of Pichilemu. He was elected during a city council meeting in September 2009, after Mayor Marcelo Cabrera Martínez was forced to leave office permanently. Córdova is a Performance Engineer in Public Management.

Amongst other things, Córdova had to face the emergency triggered by the 2010 Chile earthquake and the subsequent Pichilemu earthquake. He also inaugurated the renovated Agustín Ross Cultural Centre with then-President Michelle Bachelet.

During his primary campaign, he reportedly visited rural areas such as Rodeíllo with a small group of people. His slogan is "Pichilemu, better every day." ("Pichilemu, cada día mejor.")

As reported by El Expreso de la Costa, he is supported by the regional president of the Party for Democracy (Aranda's party) Leandro Sánchez, and senator Juan Pablo Letelier.

"In this voluntary but necessary election, I invite everyone [to vote] for Pichilemu to be better every day," Córdova said to El Expreso.

Aranda in August 2011, during the Marcha por la Educación Gratuita in Pichilemu.
Image: Diego Grez.

Andrea Aranda

Andrea Natalia Aranda Escudero currently is one of the five councillors of Pichilemu, elected in 2008. She is married to Jorge Vargas, former Mayor of Pichilemu, with whom she has three daughters: Camila, Alicia, and Emilia. She is, by profession, a midwife.

She has been criticized by local media as following in the footsteps of her husband, Jorge Vargas, currently prohibited from active politics following his arrest for bribery.

Additionally, an anonymous editor of El Expreso de la Costa nicknamed Bellaco wrote: "[Aranda] assures her contender is campaigning with municipal funds, somebody asked, does she forget her husband made the same thing years before when he was elected for three terms?"

During her campaign, she visited places such as Cardonal de Panilonco, and organized several meetings with local leaders. Her slogan is "With woman's strength." ("Con fuerza de mujer.")

Aranda wrote in an open letter published in El Expreso de la Costa: "As a woman, I'm sensitive to human necessity, and brave to defend the cause of family. My commitment is to work, providing all my capacities, for concrete works and materialization of dreams with you."

Results [edit]

The primary elections were held at Digna Camilo Aguilar School.
Image: Diego Grez.

At 19:12 local time (22:12 UTC), regional newspaper El Pulso reported Córdova won the election, on Twitter.

The final results, as published by local TV channel Canal 3 Pichilemu on Twitter, are the following:

Roberto Córdova - 1,903 (73.1%)
Andrea Aranda - 699 (23.9%)
Total votes - 2,602 (100%)

Andrea Aranda said she "will continue to work for the people" and accused she was "the victim of a campaign of terror" against her. She later personally congratulated Roberto Córdova, who said "the election leaves several morals to local democracy," and announced he would make an appeareance in Los Navegantes "to thank those who voted for him and those who did not."

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Washington Saldías. "Ciudadanía definirá este domingo los candidatos de la Concertación para las municipales" — Pichilemu News, March 31, 2012 (Spanish)
Félix Calderón. "El Expreso de la Costa Marzo 2012" — El Expreso de la Costa, March 16, 2012 (Spanish)
Washington Saldías. "Pichilemu: partió carrera municipal para acceder a la alcaldía y al concejo" — Pichilemu News, February 5, 2012 (Spanish)

External links [edit]

Debate between Aranda and Córdova on Cóctel de Sábado (UStream) (Spanish)

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Wikinews Shorts: March 26, 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:58:08 GMT

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A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, March 26, 2012 .

1 Australian Broadcasting Company releases content to Wikimedia under free license
2 3.1 earthquake aftershock rattles central Virginia
3 Central Chile rocked by second earthquake in 24-hours
4 Tiger Woods secures first PGA Tour win in 30 months
5 New leader of Hong Kong chosen while protestors seek 'true democracy'

Australian Broadcasting Company releases content to Wikimedia under free license [edit]

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The first broadcast on ABC, November 5, 1956

In lieu of the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) turning 80 this year, they have decided to release a collection of historic audio and visual content under a Creative Commons free license for use on Wikipedia and for use by the public. Project officer Liam Wyatt hopes that "this release from the Australian public broadcaster will be the beginning of an ongoing relationship with the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia community, and encourage other broadcasters – especially those that are publicly funded – to join us."

Sources

Paul Sawers. "ABC becomes the first Aussie broadcaster to donate footage to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons" — The Next Web, March 26, 2012
Kylie Pappalardo. "ABC releases landmark archival film footage under Creative Commons" — Creative Commons Australia, March 26, 2012

3.1 earthquake aftershock rattles central Virginia [edit]

Another aftershock has rattled central Virginia last night. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was focused around Mineral, Virginia which served as the epicenter for an August 2011 earthquake that was strong enough to damage American landmarks in Washington, D.C. like the Washington Monument. It was felt as far away as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Charlotte, North Carolina. As of press time, no damage was reported.

Sources

Associated Press. "Aftershocks from 2011 quake continue in Va, 3.1-magnitude reported 8 miles from epicenter" — Washington Post, March 26, 2012
Benjamin R. Freed. "Virginia Rattled by Yet Another Earthquake" — DCist, March 26, 2012

Central Chile rocked by second earthquake in 24-hours [edit]

Central Chile experienced two earthquakes within 24 hours. Saturday morning, at 4:28 a.m., a magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook Santiago. No injuries or damages were reported. A second earthquake, of 7.1-magnitude, took place on Sunday, at 6:37 p.m. in Maule, which is approximately 219 kilometers south-south-west of Santiago. As of this report, no injuries or major damages have been reported. Coastal evacuations are being promoted by authorities, however, the Chilean Navy is doubtful of a tsunami.

Sources

"News of the Day From Across the Globe" — Chronicle News Services, March 25, 2012
Eva Vergara. "Chile Earthquake 2012: 7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes Country" — Huffington Post, March 25, 2012
"Magnitude 7.1 - MAULE, CHILE" — United States Geological Survey, March 25, 2012

Tiger Woods secures first PGA Tour win in 30 months [edit]

Tiger Woods is back.
Image: Angela George.

American pro golfer Tiger Woods has secured his first PGA Tour win in 30 months, winning at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida. This makes his seventh Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods beat runner up Graeme McDowell, posting a score of two-under 70. "Tiger's back," stated Jay Busbee of Yahoo! Sports.

Sources

"Tiger Woods earns first PGA win since 2009" — CNN, March 25, 2012
Jay Busbee. "Tiger Woods returns to winning ways at long last with victory at Bay Hill" — Yahoo! Sports, March 25, 2012

New leader of Hong Kong chosen while protestors seek 'true democracy' [edit]

Leung Chun-ying was declared the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong today. He won 689 out of 1,193 election committee votes. Pro-democracy protests took place throughout the weekend, including the protestors waiting for the election committee upon their arrival at the convention center to cast their votes. The demonstrators also attempted to storm the convention center, and when election results were announced the police used pepper spray to ward off the protestors. Demonstration organizer Avery Ng describes Hong Kong as not being a "true democracy," with other protestors believing that Hong Kong would never gain the right to vote, which would be given to them by China.

Sources

Kevin Drew. "Tensions Remain After Hong Kong Election" — New York Times, March 25, 2012
Natasha Khan. "Hong Kong Police Use Spray as Protesters Try to Storm Poll Site" — Bloomberg, March 25, 2012

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'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:52:14 GMT

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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A Wikinews introduction to the 2012 World Economic Forum.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gave yesterday's opening address to the 42nd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is facing a distinctly different geo-political landscape from twelve months ago. Outside the WEF security cordon, in the sub-zero temperatures of Davos' train station car park, the local incarnation of the Occupy movement are setting up 'Camp Igloo'; but, with little hope of the archetypes of the 1%, 'Davos Man', arriving by public transport and seeing their sub-zero protest.

Occupy WEF protesters completing one of the 'Camp igloo' structures Saturday ahead of the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos.
Image: @Occupy_WEF.

David Roth, heading the Swiss centre-left's youth wing — and an organiser of 'Camp Igloo', echoes much of the sentiment from 'Occupy' protests around the world; "[a]t meetings the rest of society is excluded from, this powerful '1 percent' negotiates and decides about the fate of the other 99 percent of this world, [...] economic and financial concentration of power in a small, privileged minority leads to a dictatorship over the rest of us. The motto 'one person, one vote' is no longer valid, but 'one dollar, one vote'."

Finishing touches being put to the 2012 conference's stage setup.
Image: World Economic Forum.

Roth's characterisation of 'Davos Man', a term coined by the Professor Samuel Huntington of Harvard University, is more emotive than that of the late professor who saw 'Davos man' as "[having...] little need for national loyalty, view[ing] national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see[ing] national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite's global operations".

As Reuters highlights, many attendees will opt to make their way from Zurich to Davos by private jet, or helicopter, and the WEF itself provides handouts indicating the cost of such is 5,100 Swiss francs (approx. 5,500 USD, 3,500 GBP, 4,200 EUR). In contrast: travelling by rail, even when opting for first class — without an advance booking, is 145 Swiss francs (approx. 155 USD, 100 GBP).

Shifting fortunes see several past attendees missing this year's exclusive get-together in the alpine resort; for a second year running — and now caught up in the UK phone hacking scandal being scrutinised by Lord Leveson's inquiry — media mogul Rupert Murdoch will not be attending. Nor will the former head of financial services company UBS Oswald Gruebel, who resigned in the wake of US$2.3 billion losses incurred through unauthorised trading; likewise, Philipp Hildebrand, the ex-head of the Swiss National Bank, is absent following scandal associated with his wife's currency trading activities; and, although the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dropped, having stepped down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund Strauss-Kahn will also be absent.

As the #OccupyWEF protesters were building igloos last weekend, an anti-WEF protest in the Swiss capital Berne was broken up by police, who stated their intent to prosecute participants in the illegal protest. Allegations of calls for violent protest action led to a high number of officers being involved. In the aftermath, charges of breach of the peace are to be brought against 153 people, with some targeted for more serious offences. At least one group involved in the protest described the police response as "disproportionate".

Image of Berne riot police dealing with an anti-WEF protest last weekend.
Image: agfreiburg, Flickr.

At 'Camp Igloo' Roth says he is seeking discussions with the WEF's expected 2,000 attendees; but his voice, and that of others in the worldwide 'Occupy' movement, is unlikely to be given a platform in the opening debate, "Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society?" He, and others taking part in this Swiss incarnation of the 'Occupy' movement, are still considering an invite to a side-session issued by the World Economic Forum's founder, Klaus Schwab; commenting on the invite Roth told the Associated Press they would prefer a debate at a more neutral venue.

A changing landscape of risks [edit]

As has been the case for several years now, the annual Forum meeting in Davos was preceded with the release of a special report by the World Economic Forum into risks seen as likely to have an impact the in the coming decade. The 2012 Global Risks Report is a hefty document; the 64-page report is backed with a variety of visualisation tools designed to allow the interrelations between risks to be viewed, how risks interact modelled, and their potential impacts considered — as assessed by the WEF's panel of nearly 500 experts.

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The WEF video introduction to their 2012 Risk Report.
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As one would expect, economic risks top both the 2012 impact and likelihood charts. Climate change is pushed somewhat further down the list of concerns likely to drive discussions in Davos. "Major systemic financial failure" — the collapse of a globally important financial institution, or world currency, is selected as the risk which carries the most potential impact.

However, "Chronic fiscal imbalances" — failing to address excessive government debt, and "Severe income disparity" — a widening of the the gulf between rich and poor, top the list of most likely risks.

At the other end of the tables, disagreeing respectively with the weight last year's Wikinews report gave to orbital debris, and the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) fight with the Internet over copyright legislation, the 2012 Global Risks Report places "Proliferation of Orbital Debris" and "Failure of intellectual property regime" bottom of the league in terms of potential impact.

In 2011, with the current global economic crisis well under-way, "Fiscal crises" topped the WEF risks with the largest potential impact in the next ten years. However, perceived as most likely a year ago, "Storms and cyclones", "Flooding", and "Biodiversity loss" — all climate-change related points — were placed ahead of "Economic disparity" and "Fiscal crises".

More mundane risks overtake the spectre of terrorism when contrasting this year's report with the 2011 one; volatility in the prices of commodities, consumer goods, and energy, and the security of water supplies are all now ranked as more likely risks than terrorism — though the 2011 report did rank some of these concerns as having a higher potential impact. A significant shift in perception sees the 2012 report highlight food shortages almost as likely a risk the world will face over the next decade; and, one with a far more significant impact.

Dealing on the Davos sidelines [edit]

Attending the World Economic Forum at Davos is more than just an opportunity to discuss the current state of the global economy, and review the risks which face countries around the world. With such a high number of political and business leaders in attendance, it is an ideal opportunity to pursue new trade deals.

File photo of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Image: Ted Buracas.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is, in addition to being a keynote speaker, expected to pursue improved relations with European and Asian trade partners at private meetings on the Forum sidelines. The Toronto Star reports Harper is likely to push forward an under-negotiation Canadian-European free-trade agreement, and hold closed-door discussions prior to next month's planned trip to China.

Similarly, Canadian trade minister Ed Fast is expected to meet South Korean counterparts to discuss an equivalent deal to the preferential ones between the Asian nation and the US and Europe. Fast's deal does, however, face opposition at home; the Canadian Auto Workers union asserts that such a deal would put 33,0000 jobs at-risk.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne are expected to discuss a possible increase of UK funding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF); however, with the UK responsible for 4.5% of the US$400 billion in the IMF's lending fund, backbench MPs have warned that committing any additional funds could provoke a Conservative revolt in parliament. Tuesday's IMF cut of predicted global growth from 4% to 3.3%, warnings of a likely Eurozone recession in 2012, and ongoing problems with Greek financial restructuring, are likely discussion topics at Davos — as well as amongst UK backbench MPs who see adding to the IMF war-chest as bailing out failed European economies.

South Africa, less centre-stage during the 2011 Forum, will be looking to improve relationships and take advantage of their higher profile. President Jacob Zuma and several cabinet members are attending sessions and discussions; whilst former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to moderate a session, "Africa — From Transition to Transformation", with Nigeria, Guinea, and South Sudan's presidents on the panel. Wal-mart's CEO Doug McMillon is to lead a dinner session, "Shared Opportunities for Africa's Future" — highlighting larger multinationals looking towards the continent for new opportunities.

Davos may also serve as a place to progress disputes out of the public eye; a high-profile dispute between Chile's state-owned copper mining business, Codelco, and Anglo American plc over the 5.39 billion USD sale of a near-quarter stake in their Chilean operations to Japan's Mitsubishi, prompted the Financial Times to speculate that, as the respective company chiefs — Diego Hernández and Cynthia Carroll — are expected to attend, they could privately discuss the spat during the Forum.

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Fire in Pichilemu, Chile kills family of five

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:50:49 GMT

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A family of four adults and one minor has been reported dead after the house they were inhabiting in the city of Pichilemu, in Chile was allegedly intentionally set on fire on Sunday morning.

The fire was reported for the first time at around 8:00 AM local time (11:00 UTC). The house was located in Dionisio Acevedo Street, in front of the Inmaculada Concepción Catholic Church of Pichilemu. According to eyewitnesses, it was "intentionally caused by a group of drunken teenagers." Another eyewitness said it was "the greatest fire she ever saw in Pichilemu. It was a real hell."

The owner said she was "extremely upset." "I did not rent the home to anyone, now I have nothing, I came for the money, but they aren't here it seems," she told live radio. Mayor Roberto Córdova told Radio Somos Pichilemu presenter Esteban Araneda "it was highly doubtful [the owner] wasn't aware these persons were inhabiting the home. It's a great tragedy for the Pichileminian and couldn't pass unnoticed."

Officials said the bodies have not yet been identified. The police haven't been able to contact their respective relatives.

Dozens of people gathered outside the burnt house during Sunday afternoon. It is believed that the fire affected at least five other homes.

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"Five Die in Fire in Southern Chile" — Latin American Herald Tribune, October 31, 2011

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Military plane crashes in Chilean Juan Fernández Archipelago; reports say no survivors

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:36:28 GMT

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Felipe Camiroaga, popular TV presenter, in 2009. Camiroaga remains disappeared with sixteen others aboard a military plane which crashed near the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago.
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Four people, including Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) journalist Roberto Bruce Pruzzo, are confirmed dead after a Chilean military plane crashed near the Robinson Crusoe Island of the Juan Fernández Archipelago on Friday. Twenty-one people were aboard, with such figures as prominent Chilean television presenter and co-host of breakfast programme Buenos Días a Todos (Good Morning Everyone) Felipe Camiroaga Fernández, and businessman and founder of the Desafío: Levantemos Chile (Challenge: Let's Bring Chile Up) project Felipe Cubillos.

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A giant poster of Felipe Camiroaga with Buenos Días a Todos co-host Carolina de Moras is displayed outside TVN's headquarters in Santiago as people gathered there.
Image: Pablo Corvalán.

Roberto Bruce, TVN journalist, was found dead at the sea by local Juan Fernández fishermen.

People lit candles and put posters in the gates outside Televisión Nacional headquarters in Santiago.
Image: Ignacio Errázuriz.

Pope Benedict XVI sent condolences to Camiroaga's and the other twenty people's families.
Image: Sergey Kozhukhov.

The accident involved a CASA C-212 Aviocar aircraft. Minister of Defence Andrés Allamand said on Televisión Nacional the crash "occurred in the late [Friday] afternoon near the remote Juan Fernández archipelago. [...] The scenario which we are facing is particularly adverse." The plane tried twice tried to land at the Robinson Crusoe Island aerodrome before going missing. The Defence Ministry sent a frigate with a specialized rescue helicopter, and an aircraft to the crash site to help search for survivors on early Saturday.

Mayor of Juan Fernández Mr. Leopoldo González Charpentier reported conditions were "rough and windy," and "aviation authorities lost communication with the plane as it approached the islands." "We assume that there was an accident and that there are no survivors. [...] Clothing, passengers' suitcases and some sandals have been found in waters about one kilometre [0.6 mile] from the islands' landing strip," González stated.

"I empathise with the anguish and uncertainty the relatives the 21 passengers aboard the plane, which is presumed to have gone down, are living through at this moment. This is a very hard blow for our country," President of Chile Sebastián Piñera said on Friday night after an emergency meeting. A TVN executive said: "We are extremely upset."

A group of five people from Televisión Nacional de Chile's breakfast programme Buenos Días a Todos, including popular presenter Felipe Camiroaga, journalist Roberto Bruce, a cameraman and two producers, were travelling to the islands to film a report on the reconstruction efforts after the tsunami generated by the Chilean earthquake of February 2010 devastated Juan Fernández. Felipe Cubillos, from the Desafío Levantemos Chile project, which he founded and whose goal was to help reconstruct Chilean damaged towns after the earthquake, tweeted shortly before the plane took off from Santiago at 14:00 (17:00 UTC): "Travelling now to Juan Fernández Island with the support of our Air Force. We continue to work helping the island's people."

Felipe Camiroaga, 44, was born in Santiago, and began his television career in 1988 as producer of teen program Extra Jóvenes in Chilevisión; in 1992, he joined Televisión Nacional de Chile, working as co-host of Buenos Días a Todos with Jorge Hevia and Tati Penna, and in soap operas. Fourteen years later, in 2006, he began working as host on a talk show called Animal Nocturno (Nocturnal Animal), where he interviewed people such as former President Michelle Bachelet and former Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco; between 2009 and 2010, he co-presented with Soledad Onetto the annual Viña del Mar International Song Festival. In July, and coincidentally, Camiroaga quoted Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas, following his death: "From the air I am, like every mortal, from the great and terrible flight, and I'm here to step to the stars." The quote is reported of being "very inspirational" to Camiroaga. Camiroaga also created popular fictional characters such as Luciano Bello, a TV presenter from Maracaibo, Venezuela, and El Washington, a poor person from the streets of Santiago. Camiroaga was nicknamed "the Falcon of Chicureo" (El Halcón de Chicureo), because he raised several falcons in his hacienda in Chicureo, Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Hundreds of Chileans gathered outside Televisión Nacional de Chile headquarters in Santiago shortly after the station reported the tragedy; people prayed and lit candles outside TVN's gates for the lives of Camiroaga and the rest of TVN's involved staff.

On Saturday, Chilean newspaper Las Últimas Noticias (The Last News) put on its front page a headline saying "The last flight of the Falcon" ("El último vuelo del Halcón") which generated controversy as Camiroaga had not been declared legally dead. The newspaper shortly changed the front page on its online version, however, the print edition continued to show the controversial headline.

Four bodies were found on Saturday morning by local fishermen who are helping in the rescue; they were taken from the islands to Santiago's Medical Legal Service (Instituto Médico Legal) for identification, arriving 19:10 local time (22:10 UTC) at the El Bosque Air Force Base. Their identities were made public at 21:30 local time (00:30 UTC) by the Minister of the Government General Secretary Andrés Chadwick: Erwin Núñez, from the Chilean air force crew; Galia Díaz, from the National Council of Culture; Roberto Bruce, journalist of TVN's Buenos Días a Todos; and Silvia Slier, editor of Buenos Días....

An intact door, several knapsacks, including one belonging to Felipe Camiroaga, and some equipment, lead the local mayor to assume "it was clear the plane crashed." Local councillor Felipe Paredes told Chilean media, "[t]hese persons came [to Juan Fernández] in one of the most tragic moments in my life. I lost many people of our community, many loved people, because of the [February 2010] tsunami, and they reached me out sincerely. [...] I can't wait for them to be here." Paredes was the last person to see the airplane in-flight, since he was in a control tower in the Robinson Crusoe Aerodrome.

Defence Minister Andres Allamand said in a press conference on Saturday night that "everyone died instantly when the crash happened." He added that, "[b]ased on observations and the search we carried out with the Air Force commander, we have reached the conclusion that the impact was such that it should have resulted in the instantaneous death of all of those who were aboard the aircraft." "We have peace of mind that Felipe [Camiroaga] died in a place he loved," TVN executive Mauro Valdés told El Mercurio.

Televisión Nacional released a statement on Facebook on Saturday night: "We profoundly lament to have to confirm that according to official informations given by the authorities, there are no survivors from the Casa C212 airplane that crashed in the Juan Fernández archipelago on Friday 2 September evening. Within the list of deceased passengers, there are five persons from TVN's program Buenos Días a Todos, which has caused deep sorrow in the whole family of TVN."

On Sunday morning, a televised mass was conducted in TVN's headquarters; some of the attendants were former Camiroaga's girlfriend Katherine Salozny, long-time friend Raquel Argandoña, Megavisión presenter Kike Morandé, actor Álvaro Rudolphy, TV host and producer Guillermo Muñoz, and executives from TVN. Mauricio Correa, executive director of Buenos Días a Todos said during the mass "Our colleagues died complying a mission, the public television one, the same one that sometimes isn't understood, but that is right there." Kike Morandé said: "The best one died, Felipe [Camiroaga]."

"Felipe [Camiroaga] was a host on the national show [Buenos Días a Todos] I was on today, playing soccer with [him] too ... it's news right now that he was in a plane crash ... please pray for him [...]", Nick Vujicic, who was interviewed on Friday morning in Buenos Días a Todos by Camiroaga himself, said on Facebook. Latin celebrities such as Luis Fonsi, Rocío Marengo, Lucero, Alejandro Sanz, Residente Calle 13, and Pope Benedict XVI sent condolences to Camiroaga's and the other twenty people's families, TVN reported.

President Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning, on Sunday afternoon in nationwide address. "The Government has decided to decree national mourning for the days of Monday and Tuesday of the forthcoming week, as a way to express solidarity with the families of the victims, and also the pain that has arisen throughout our country," Piñera said. He also said that "work is being done with the best technology to find the bodies of the victims," but added that he can't "guarantee that the search will be successful in a 100 per cent. [...] We know the impact was very violent and the airframe dispersed in a wide area." Piñera said that the causes of the accident are unknown at the moment, and added that weather conditions affected negatively the security of the airplane landing.

The body of Erwin Núñez, from the Chilean air force crew, was taken to Antofagasta after a mass was performed in Santiago in his honour on Sunday. That same day, Roberto Bruce, one of the two TVN journalists and father of two, was cremated and interrated in Parque del Recuerdo Cemetery in Santiago. "With tremendous pain we have just said goodbye to Roberto, our beloved fat [person]," TVN journalist and presenter Karen Doggenweiler said on Twitter.

One minute of silence was held at the beginning of the football match between Chile and Mexico in Barcelona, on Sunday. On that same day, three books of condolences were set up outside TVN's headquarters.

General Maximiliano Larraechea said that "at the moment there are no news on the search," as of Sunday 17:00 local time (20:00 UTC). However, at 18:15 local time (21:15 UTC) approximately, Commander in Chief of the Chilean Air Force Jorge Rojas told Chilevisión that mutilated bodies were found in the water; Defence Minister Allamand confirmed that the recovered bodies will be taken to the Medical Legal Service in Santiago, in order to identify them, at 18:50 local time (21:50 UTC). Allamand added that "there are fears that not all bodies will be found," and that the plane "was disintegrated on impact with the water."

Chilevisión reported that at least three more people, including TVN actor Francisco Reyes, and singer Keko Yunge, were originally going to travel to Juan Fernández on Friday. Reyes, however, was told to not travel because "there was no room for him" by Buenos Días a Todos producer Carolina Gatica (who remains disappeared); Reyes was going to travel because he wanted to teach Juan Fernández children "acting techniques." Yunge, member of the Desafío: Levantemos Chile group, was asked by Felipe Cubillos to not travel, because he wanted Yunge to complete a song he was working on. "It is incredible," Yunge told Chilevisión.

The airplane crash, according to El Mercurio, is the worst involving a military plane since December 1982 when a Fokker F-27 twin-engine travelling from Santiago to Antofagasta crashed near La Serena, killing 46 people, including journalist Silvia Pinto.

List of victims [edit]

From Televisión Nacional de Chile

Carolina Gatica — Producer of Buenos Días a Todos
Felipe Camiroaga — Presenter of Buenos Días a Todos
Roberto Bruce — Journalist of Buenos Días a Todos; death confirmed by Minister Andrés Chadwick on Saturday 21:30 local time (Sunday 00:30 UTC)
Sylvia Slier — Journalist, and editor of Buenos Días a Todos; death confirmed by Minister Chadwick
Rodrigo Cabezón de Amesti — Cameraman

From Desafío Levantemos Chile

Felipe Cubillos — Businessman
Sebastian Correa
Joel Lizama
Catalina Vela
Jorge Palma
Joaquín Arnolds

From the National Council of Culture and the Arts

Galia Díaz — Death confirmed by Minister Chadwick
Romina Irarrázabal

From the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean air force)

José Cifuentes — Journalist
Commander Rodrigo Fernández

Crew

Lieutenant Carolina Fernández
Lieutenant Juan Pablo Mallea — Pilot of the plane
First Sergeant Eduardo Jones
First Corporal Eduardo Estrada
First Corporal Erwin Núñez — Death confirmed by Minister Chadwick
Second Corporal Flavio Olivo

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"Chile air crash: 'All 21 on board died instantly'" — BBC News, September 4, 2011
"Gobierno confirmó lo peor: No hay sobrevivientes en tragedia en Juan Fernández (Government confirmed the worse: There are no survivors in Juan Fernández tragedy)" — El Mercurio, September 4, 2011 (Spanish)
"Director Ejecutivo de TVN confirma hallazgo de la mochila de Felipe Camiroaga (Executive Director of TVN confirms finding of Felipe Camiroaga's bag)" — El Mercurio, September 3, 2011 (Spanish)
María Paz Ilharreguy. "Erwin Núñez, Galia Díaz, Roberto Bruce, Silvia Slier son los primeros cuerpos identificados (Erwin Núñez, Galia Díaz, Roberto Bruce, Silvia Slier are the first identified bodies)" — El Repuertero, September 3, 2011 (Spanish)
"Chilean air force plane crashes in Pacific" — BBC News, September 3, 2011
Eva Vergara. "Felipe Camiroaga, Chile TV Host, Feared Dead In Plane Crash" — The Huffington Post, September 2, 2011
Yamei Wang. "At least 3 dead in Chilean military plane crash" — Xinhua, September 2, 2011

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2011 Chilean Air Force CASA 212 crash on Wikipedia.

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Televisión Nacional de Chile acknowledges 'error' for using 'hooded delinquent' videos in news programme

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:36:04 GMT

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Journalist Amaro Gómez-Pablos presenting a news report on the Chilean student protests, with the 'hooded delinquent' video in the background.
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Leonidas Montes, president of the executive board of Chilean television channel Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) said on Tuesday in a statement to the Chilean Journalists Association that he acknowledged the channel had "commited an error" when it used videos of 'hooded delinquents' (encapuchados) to present reports on the on-going student protests in the country, on TVN's news programme 24 Horas. The statement was released the day after more than 60 university students attempted to interrupt the broadcasting of 24 Horas; the students accused the "channel of all Chileans" to "not giving enough coverage to the student protests, and for supporting the Government in education-related news."

Online newspaper Otra Prensa! reported on July 13 that TVN had, at least three times, used videos of a 'hooded delinquent' to present reports on the student protests: on June 14, 26; and July 11. The journalists presenting the reports were, chronologically, Amaro Gómez-Pablos, Gonzalo Ramírez, and Consuelo Saavedra. "The picture simply is not part of the news, it isn't necessary to use ink to note the evident political purpose it's following," Otra Prensa!'s editor Luis Cuello wrote on July 13. The online newspaper also cited the 17th Article of the Code of Ethics of the Chilean Journalists Association: "The graphic material and the headlines should also be concordant with the texts provided, so the reader, viewer or listener isn't inducted into confusion or deception."

Logo of Televisión Nacional de Chile.

The online newspaper denounced the use of the videos before the Chilean Journalists Association on July 14; vice-president of the association, Giacomo Marasso, said on Twitter that TVN was "evidently trying to distort information;" while Marcelo Castillo, president of the association told Cambio 21 that "[TVN] is trying to reduce the students protests only to what is doing a group of 'hooded delinquents'. TVN is the channel of all the Chileans, it just cannot give this kind of messages." Additionally, that same day, Javiera Montecinos, student of the University of Concepción denounced Televisión Nacional before the Consejo Nacional de Televisión (National Council of Television) for the misuse of images against the student protests; the organization accepted the denouncement.

Mayor of Santiago Pablo Zalaquett in 2009.
Image: Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Aside, Mayor of Santiago, Pablo Zalaquett linked the student protests with the increase of the delinquency in the city. "It is related to the occupations of schools, high schools and universities, and the mass marches," adding that it was "conflictive" that there were "so many youngsters without classes [...] A youngster in the street can be tempted to do whatever thing."

The Chilean Journalists Association said on Tuesday that the Code of Ethics "explicitly sanctions this kind of manipulation [of the information]," and that members of the association are going to present the case to the Ethics Tribunal of the same organization. "We appreciate the attitude of the board of TVN, but we will pay attention to the fulfillment of basic ethical standards for the exercise of the profession," Marcelo Castillo said.

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"TVN reconoció error al usar imágenes de encapuchados para describir la movilización estudiantil" — Radio Cooperativa, July 26, 2011 (Spanish)
"Más de 60 universitarios intentaron interrumpir noticiario central de TVN" — Radio Cooperativa, July 25, 2011 (Spanish)
González, Pilar. "Periodistas acusan a TVN de tergiversar las movilizaciones y marchas estudiantiles y envian caso a Tribunal de Etica: señalan que utilizan mal una imagen y que genera confusión en los televidentes" — Cambio 21, July 14, 2011 (Spanish)
Cuello, Luis. "Encapuchado de TVN llega al Tribunal de Ética del Colegio de Periodistas y al CNTV" — Otra Prensa!, July 14, 2011 (Spanish)
Cuello, Luis. "El encapuchado de TVN" — Otra Prensa!, July 13, 2011 (Spanish)

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Chilean deputy's 'homophobic' comment on Facebook causes controversy

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:09:19 GMT

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A "homophobic" comment on Facebook by Chilean deputy Enrique Estay has generated some controversy.

"[The government is] worried about the queers and not about the swarm of concerted bureaucrats who obstruct everything, so that the benefits do not reach to the poorest and middle class," said Estay on his Facebook profile on June 2. "I will not be quiet, until I see changes! [...] It is frustrating to me. A government that is thought to be right-winged, yet it governs with the left-winged ideas and people," he added in a comment.

"Well done, deputy! Simply speak out loud, well spoken, we are only making a country full of queers and lesbians, that's the only thing they [Concertación politicians] care about, instead of leaving them alone and dedicate themselves to work for the poorest," said one of the comments in response to Estay's status.

"It seems like these energumens don't live in Chile; it seems like these persons, so sons-of-bitches, don't understand the reality; it seems like these fucking mummies [momio, pejorative word to call a right-winged person] have their brains connected to their asses, because every thinking, every word [they say] is worth like that, a royal shit (with all the due respect shit deserves)," Facebook user Millaray Essence said on No a Piñera 2010.

Logo of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (MOVILH).
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Estay's comment was denounced before the Committees of Human Rights (of which Estay is a member) and Ethics of the Chamber of Deputies by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual, MOVILH) on Monday. In a press release, the MOVILH said that "Estay's statements clearly seek to denigrate people because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, which implies a violation of human rights, as well as inciting social, cultural, and political odiousness, which is not at the level of his investiture."

Enrique Estay responded to MOVILH's comments by saying that "[f]or queers we are referring to homosexuals. The term 'gay' is a new expression which means 'similar' and is unrelated to homosexuality." He also said that when calling homosexuals "queers" (maricones), he "didn't mean it to be offensive, though I often say things by their name, as they are, and I have always understood that in Chile homosexuals are the queers." He concluded, saying, "It is my Facebook, and that's the way I used it to specifically mention the homosexuals."

Enrique Estay has represented District 49 (Araucanía Region) in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile since 2006, having been elected twice for the office. He is a lawyer and member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), one of Chile's right-wing parties. As of Wednesday, Estay deleted his Facebook status.

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"Diputado Estay (UDI) admitió haber escrito comentario que irritó al Movilh" — La Tercera, June 6, 2011 (Spanish)
Press Release: "Denuncian a diputado Estay ante la Cámara por incitar a la violencia contra la diversidad sexual" — Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH), June 6, 2011 (Spanish)

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Brazilian surfer wins world championship in Pichilemu, Chile

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Promotional poster of the world championship.
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Attendants to the Quiksilver ceremonial, looking forwards to the Punta de Lobos rocks.
Image: Diego Grez.

The fourteenth Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos Big Wave Invitational surf championship took place on Saturday in the Chilean city of Pichilemu, often called the "Capital of the Surf." In this year's competition, 24 surfers from countries such as South Africa, Peru, Chile, the United States, and Argentina participated in the championship, including Pichileminians Ramón Navarro and Cristian Merelló, and Hawaiian Köhl Christensen. The surfers competed for a US$20,000 prize.

Background [edit]

The Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos has been a tradition since 1998. Christensen won that championship, and has regularly participated in it since then, according to La Tercera. "If [the Chilean waves] weren't that good, I wouldn't come back. They're powerful, that's what makes of Chile a great place to train," Christensen told La Tercera.

The competition was scheduled to take place sometime between April 1 and May 31; it was confirmed to take place on May 28 by Gary Linden, the Big Wave World Tour Contest Director. "We are excited to kick off the 2011 Big Wave World Tour with the third annual Quiksilver Ceremonial. [...] It looks like patience is going to pay off as we are expecting surf in the 30 to 40 foot range with light winds and good lighting making for the perfect start to season," Linden said.

"The Quiksilver Ceremonial is one of the world's most anticipated big wave events, featuring some of the best waves and skilled surfers from around the globe," Hawaiian media Aloha Update reported. Carlos Ferrer, marketing manager of Quiksilver Chile, said: "This championship has managed to put itself as one of the great dates of the worldwide surfing scene. It is of international class."

Mayor of Pichilemu Roberto Córdova with the championship organizers on Thursday.
Image: Pichilemu city hall.

On Thursday, Mayor of Pichilemu Roberto Córdova reunited with organizers of the ceremonial, Carlos Ferrer, Gary Linden, and Ricardo Parot from Wetfly Productions, at the Pichilemu city hall. "The mayor reiterates his commitment to the community with these kinds of events in the low-season as they are great attractions that help support Pichilemu's tourism industry," city hall representatives said on its Facebook profile.

Many people visited Punta de Lobos on Friday, as the surfers were practicing. "There was great expectation in Punta de Lobos yesterday [on Friday]," La Tercera reported. "It has arrived the same amount of people coming a long holiday weekend to Pichilemu, but this time, only to see the championship," director of surf magazine Glass.cl Rodrigo Farías told the newspaper. Farías also told La Tercera that during last year's ceremonial there were waves eight-meters high, and "[Saturday]'s waves are expected to be more ordained." He predicted that it would be "a bit cloudy, and there will be more time between one wave and another, so there could be more tubes, which will be much better visually."

The championship [edit]

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Video footage of the first stage of the semi finals of the Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos.
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The surfers dropped into the sea to begin the championship at 07:30 local time (11:30 UTC). It is estimated that least two thousand people from Chile and other countries attended the event throughout the day. A helicopter flew overhead at Punta de Lobos, recording and photographing the surfers and attendants. The attendants were given free fruit juice, fruits, as well as Red Bull drinks at the end of the day.

The 24 competing surfers were: Köhl Christensen, Carlos Burle, Marcos Monteiro, Peter Mel, Chris Bertish, Ramón Navarro, Diego Medina, Cristian Merello, Rusty Long, Grant "Twiggy" Baker, Fernando Zegers, Reinaldo Ibarra, Greg Long, Gabriel Villarán, Jamie Sterling, Anthony Taschnick, Mark Healey, Kealii Mamala, Jaimie Mitchell, Danilo Couto, Sebastian de Romana, León Vicuña, and Matías López.

The Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos was broadcasted live in HD quality for the first time in the championship's history through its official website. The footage included underwater shots.

The championship lasted until 17:30 local time (21:30 UTC), and the results were as follows:

#	Name	Country	Score
1	Marcos Monteiro	Brazil	21.17
2	Ramón Navarro	Chile	19.32
3	Gabriel Villarán	Peru	14.81
4	Köhl Christiensen	USA	2.00
5	Cristián Merelló	Chile	0.00
5	Greg Long	USA	0.00

"Viva Brazil! Firstly I want to thank God, because everyone's okay and nobody got injured. I also want to thank the residents of Pichilemu for giving us good vibes and to the jet-skis pilots, who worked hard all day. I knew this day was going to come," Marcos Monteiro, the winning surfer said shortly after the championship ended during a press conference.

The Big World Tour's next stop is Pico Alto, Peru, on July 1.

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It is estimated that at least two thousand people visited Pichilemu and Punta de Lobos to watch the Quiksilver championship.
Image: Diego Grez.

People arriving at Punta de Lobos to watch the championship.
Image: Diego Grez.

There were several rescuers at sea.
Image: Diego Grez.

Partial view of the Punta de Lobos beach.
Image: Diego Grez.

Image: Diego Grez.

Billowing flags of several countries, representing the competing surfers.
Image: Diego Grez.

There was a skate ramp, where local skaters could play. In the picture, from left to right, local skaters Demetrio Vidueira, Matías Herman, and Jacob Soto.
Image: Diego Grez.

Image: Diego Grez.

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Howard, Jake. "Brazil's Marcos Monteiro wins 2011 Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos" — ESPN, May 28, 2011
Press Release: "Con olas gigantes de hasta 9 metros finaliza el Ceremonial Quiksilver Punta de Lobos" — Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile, May 28, 2011 (Spanish)
Redação Waves. "Monteiro no topo do Chile" — Terra.com.br, May 28, 2011 (Portuguese)
Meruane, Tamara. "Estrellas mundiales del surf esperan hoy olas de nueve metros en Punta de Lobos" — La Tercera, May 28, 2011 (Spanish)
Vossman, Erik. "Quiksilver Punta de Lobos Big Wave is On" — Aloha Update, May 23, 2011

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Paraguayan ambassador to Chile visits Pichilemu hacienda after 'slavery' controversy

Sat, 28 May 2011 17:13:57 GMT

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Barracks on the San Antonio de Petrel farm in Pichilemu.
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Paraguayan Ambassador to Chile Terumi Matsuo visited Pichilemu as a denouncement of trafficking of persons from Paraguay in the Pichileminian hacienda of San Antonio de Petrel, currently property of politician Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera, prompted an investigation. The investigation is being conducted by the Government of Cardenal Caro Province, and the Immigration Department of the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI). Errázuriz Talavera is also known by its nickname, Fra Fra.

Paraguayan media was the first to report that a 'slavery regime' was taking place in the former presidential candidate's hacienda, after former workers 'managed to escape' from there. According to Pichilemu News, it was reported that the workers "were only given one meal daily, and salty water," and "[Errázuriz] had promised to give them 750US$, about 350,000 Chilean pesos as salary." Pichilemu News also reported that at least 150 persons were victims of the 'slavery regime', as it has been called by the Paraguayan media.

Matsuo arrived at Pichilemu at 11:00 local time (15:00 UTC) on Saturday, and after reuniting with the governor of Cardenal Caro Julio Ibarra Maldonado, both went to the Cabañas Santa Irene, where the affected Paraguayans were staying. According to Jorge Nasser's Radio Entre Olas, the ambassador "invited the workers to the [Pichilemu] municipal gymnasium for a meeting, in order to coordinate the actions to get them back to their country of origin or, as some have preferred, to stay in Chile."

Evelyn Matthei in 2009.

"Nothing surprises me of Mr. Errázuriz, I think the whole country is tired of him too. This man believes he's the owner of Chile, [he's just the] owner of a farm, I think it's not worth it to respond him. But I assure you we are going to fiscalize everything that needs to be fiscalized," Minister of Labor and Social Providence Evelyn Matthei told Radio Universo on Tuesday. According to Matthei, "six Paraguayans and one Brazilian" were found at the Petrel hacienda, "working without a contract and without proof of payment." "It's totally and absolutely unacceptable to bring undocumented workers [here], to have them working without a contract and to not know if they have been paid or not. We aren't going to accept that," Matthei added.

Photograph taken near the entrance to Pichilemu, looking forwards to San Antonio de Petrel vineyards, on April 16, 2011.
Image: Diego Grez.

In response to actions taken by the Chilean government, Francisco Javier Errázuriz wrote an open letter on Tuesday which he sent to several media outlets in Chile, titled "A la ministra Evelyn Matthei y a los chilenos" ("To Minister Evelyn Matthei and the Chileans"). "Matthei argues that the Ministry of Interior has denied that I knew the income situation of the Paraguayans, in circumstances that I have stamped letters from that ministry [which would demonstrate] they always helped to facilitate the arrival of those citizens from a sister nation, which then would be hired and may assist in the development of Chile, [I was] even recommended that the Ministry of Interior would give them the MERCOSUR visa, because it's quicker, and [they] instructed that way the Governor of Pichilemu [sic]," Errázuriz said in the letter. Errázuriz also accused Matthei of being racist towards immigrants: "The Labor Minister does not want immigrants to work in Chile to strengthen our motherland. [She] demonstrates with that that her roots aren't found here —but in the origin country of her family—, which isn't Chile, and that she as descendant of German immigrants, the 'jus sanguinis' prevails over the 'jus soli'."

The Labor Department fined more than 14,000,000CLP (30,002 USD) to the company of Francisco Javier Errázuriz, Frutales y Viñedos Errázuriz Ovalle, on Thursday. María Cecilia Sánchez, Director of Labor, said "the situation is being investigated by the Prosecution Office [Fiscalía]," and that "26 persons who were working at Errázuriz's company were brought back to their origin countries [Brazil and Paraguay], and other 46 are staying at cabañas in Pichilemu." Sánchez added that "[an investigation] needs to be consolidated on what happens in another Francisco Javier Errázuriz's company, Bosques de la Costa S.A."

On Friday, Minister Matthei reunited with Paraguayan Ambassador Matsuo, "who thanked the government efforts to clarify the laboral abuses," El Mercurio reported. "This is a laboral case that ashames us as a country. It really ashames that something like this occurs in Chile," Matthei said. "This is one of the worst things I have seen and what actually happens is that it ashames," she added. Matthei also said Francisco Javier Errázuriz would not be paying anything to the Paraguayans because "they have to pay him firstly, because he brought them [to Chile], and according to himself he trained them."

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"Ministra Matthei y trabajadores paraguayos: "Este caso nos avergüenza como país"" — La Tercera, May 27, 2011 (Spanish)
"Dirección Del Trabajo Cursa Multas Por Más De $ 14 Millones A Empresa De F.J. Errázuriz" — 123.cl, May 26, 2011 (Spanish)
Leal, Christian. "Dura carta de Francisco Javier Errázuriz: desmiente a Gobierno y acusa a Matthei y presidente Piñera" — Radio Bío Bío, May 24, 2011 (Spanish)
"Evelyn Matthei a Francisco Javier Errázuriz: Este señor se cree dueño de Chile" — Pura Noticia, May 24, 2011 (Spanish)
Saldías González, Washington. "Embajadora del Paraguay busca conocer situación de connacionales en Pichilemu" — Pichilemu News, May 21, 2011 (Spanish)

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Surfer dies at beach in Pichilemu, Chile

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:14:55 GMT

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Los Navegantes, Pichilemu, Chile – Paulina Constanza Tapia Figueroa, 25, a surfer native to Pichilemu, known worldwide as the "Surf Capital", died on Monday, at Punta de Lobos beach, about seven kilometers south of the city.

Her body was discovered by fishermen in the area, who called Pichilemu Police officers, who along with Homicide Brigade of the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI) officers, arrived at the place and took the body to the Forensic Medical Service offices in San Fernando.

Tapia had been practicing surfing for years, and earlier that day, had been accompanied with her friends. "A shellfish diver of the area noticed a surfboard floating, he approached it and saw that the girl [Tapia] was semisubmerged in the water. After taking her out, he realized she was dead," Juan Reyes, officer of the Homicide Brigade of PDI told Televisión Nacional de Chile.

According to reports, Tapia either died because of a heart attack or after being hit. Third-party participation in her death was ruled out by officers.

"She had a free spirit, she loved nature, and I don't really know what happened to her, a cramp [maybe]," Filippo Tapia, her father, told La Tercera. Josefa Tapia, her 14-year-old sister who is studying at Colegio Preciosa Sangre, seemed very affected by her death after being informed of the situation by school inspectors.

"Your sister will always be watching out and protecting you from heaven, remember the moments you and your family lived with her and that made you happy," a friend of Josefa wrote on her Facebook wall.

Photos, videos, and messages such as "Paulita, rest in peace with love, I'll miss you a lot, great waves and farewell forever," and "My friend, I know you are in a better place having a really good time, you're the best! I love you infinitely!" flooded Paulina Tapia's Facebook wall.

Tapia's body remained in the Forensic Medical Service of San Fernando on Tuesday morning, according to reports. According to Domingo Osorio Figueroa, Paulina Tapia's remains have been veiled since Tuesday's afternoon in the dependencies of Funerales Rodríguez, in Rancagua, capital of O'Higgins Region. A mass will be performed in the Rancagua Sur Catholic Parish, at 11:30 local time (14:30 UTC) on Wednesday, and then she will be buried in Parque Jardín Las Flores, in Machalí.

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Cardenal Caro Province governor: Pichilemu Municipality to leave 107 families homeless

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:21:56 GMT

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One year and one month after the earthquake that affected most of Chile, and triggered a destructive tsunami throughout its coast, the governor of the Cardenal Caro Province, Julio Ibarra, told El Mercurio Online that the Pichilemu Municipality "did not register, nor conducted inspection visits" to the homes of 107 families affected by the earthquake. Their registration, and the inspection visits are a needed step for those families, in order to request housing subsidies given by the government because of the catastrophe.

"We found a list of persons that had requested inspection visits from the Public Works Department [of the Pichilemu Municipality], and we were surprised to notice that that people were not registered in our system, and that the director of the Public Works Department never visited them. There is a double fault, an absolute abandonment, because the applications for the subsidies are now closed," Julio Ibarra said.

"[...] We have received criticism that we have not advanced in terms of reconstruction, and the responsibility of giving the information [to the government] is the municipality," Ibarra added. The governor gave the detailed information of the families to the General Comptroller of the Republic (Contraloría General de la República), and is requesting special extension of the deadlines for application to the Ministry of Housing.

"We are overdue in the issue of housing reconstruction. [...] The Ministry of Housing did not create a special program for the housing reconstruction, they are using the same programs implemented in 2004, [or] 2005, to try to give a solution to the people," Mayor of Pichilemu, Roberto Córdova, told Wikinews in November 2010.

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"Gobernador denunció "negligencia municipal" que dejaría sin casa a más de cien familias" — La Segunda, March 27, 2011 (Spanish)
Emol. "Gobernador denunció "negligencia municipal" que dejaría sin casa a más de cien familias" — El Mercurio Online, March 27, 2011 (Spanish)

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Wildfire affects Lolol, Chile area; yellow alert lifted

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:27:42 GMT

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Street in Lolol, in 2009.
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A wildfire affected eighteen hectares of scrubland, grassland and eucalyptus in the Ranguilí area of Lolol, Chile.

Due to strong winds and climatic conditions in the area, as well as the imminent risk of it spreading to homes, the National Emergencies Office of the Ministry of the Interior (ONEMI) declared a red alert for the commune on Sunday. It was then decreased to yellow alert, until it was finally lifted on Tuesday, after the wildfire was extinguished.

Both Chile's National Early Warning Centre, and the O'Higgins Region ONEMI monitored the wildfire.

Lolol is a town located in the Colchagua Province of O'Higgins Region, in Chile. It is home to about 6,200 residents, and part of its urban center is considered a "Typical Zone" by the National Monuments Council.

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"Incendio forestal: Decretan alerta roja para la comuna de Lolol" — 123.cl, March 14, 2011 (Spanish)
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