Talk:Chile

Allende

"receiving fewer than 35 percent of votes. It became a war of classes, motivated by the central government.[citation needed]" This is not serious for an Encyclopedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cabachocle (talk • contribs) 22:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Easter Island

A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai (play /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/), created by the early Rapanui people. It is a World Heritage Site (as determined by UNESCO) with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. In recent times the island has served as a cautionary tale about the cultural and environmental dangers of overexploitation. Ethnographers and archaeologists also blame diseases carried by European colonizers and slave raiding[4] of the 1860s for devastating the local peoples.

Easter Island is claimed to be "the most remote inhabited island in the world"

Easter Island shares with Juan Fernández Islands the sui generis constitutional status of "special territory" of Chile, granted in 2007. As of that time a special charter for the island was under discussion: therefore it continued to be considered a province of the Valparaíso Region and containing a single commune (comuna). This is unique in Chile, since all other provinces consist of more than one commune. Both the province and the commune are called Isla de Pascua and encompass the whole island and its surrounding islets and rocks, plus Isla Salas y Gómez, some 380 km (236 mi) to the east.

See also: list of islands of Chile Provinces of Chile

Note - The Chile Article does not have any live links to the Easter Island article. If a section to Chile is not added for Easter Island then at least the references should be made as active links to the Wiki article.

Edit Request

Hello, I noticed that in the 2nd paragraph this article states "The shape of Chile is a distinctive ribbon of land 4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long..." but then in the first paragraph under the "Geography" section it states "...Chile stretches over 4,630 kilometres (2,880 mi) north to south..."

I haven't done the research to determine which is correct, but I think it would be nice if someone who has access to edit this page would correct one of them. Thank you for all your hard work!

Nic 156.56.253.70 (talk) 18:43, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Economy

Please update the economy section!! All the data is from 2005 and 2006....7 years ago!! Please, we are in the middle of the year 2012, really outdated facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.101.54.32 (talk) 21:34, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 17 May 2012

On the "Economy" Section, it states that "In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD.[17] In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America." When I find most appropriate for it to say" In 2010, Chile became the first South American country and the second Latin American country, after Mexico, to join the OECD." Its a simple but neccesary change.

74.248.252.43 (talk) 05:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure on this - why do you think it's necessary to mention Mexico? Franamax (talk) 07:40, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

 Not done: no sources or reson given Mdann52 (talk) 10:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request 30 May 2012: Blatant mistake

Please check and revise the following statement: In regards to the geographical northernmost and southernmost points of Chile, it is the longest country in the world, boasting a varying climate, and includes the 5th lengthiest coastline at over 78 thousand kilometers.[11]

The reference cannot be found anymore and the wiki article "Geography_of_Chile" does not support the text's claim of Chile having a coastline of 78,000 km, which is nearly twice around the equator.

Thank you. Torvais (talk) 13:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Ethnic groups

The page shows that there are 0% of Black and Asian people. That leads to the impression that there are no Black or Asian people at all. Should we instead change it to "less than 1%"?