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Chile has many idols: Claudio Arrau (piano), Gabriela Mistral (writer), Pablo Neruda (writer), Nicolas Massu (athlete), Fernando González (athlete), Miriam Hernandez (vocals), Cecilia Bolocco (Miss Universe 1987), Isabel Allende (writer), Jorge Edwards (writer), Christian de la Fuente (actor), Roberto Matta (architect), Hernan Bà ¼ chi (economist), and Jose Pià ± era (economist).
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Michelle Bachelet Jeria Chile.She is currently president of the American South is the second woman elected president.
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In 1987, Pope John Paul II visited Chile.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 was awarded to Gabriela Mistral, a poet. His real name was Lucila de Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga. It was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize Literarure. Gabriela Mistral is a national hero of Chile.
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Santiago de Chile hosted the 1959 FIBA World Mena Championship.Brazil won the tournament in Chile.
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As South Korea and Mauritius, Chile has one of the best democracies in the Third World.
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UNESCO has declared Rapa Nui National Park (2005), Churches of Chiloé (2000), old port city of Valparaiso (2003), Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (2005), and Sewell Mining Town (2006) World Heritage Site. As Petra (Jordan), Tikal National Park, and Taj Mahal (India), Rapa Nui National Park is considered among the wonders of the world.
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Chile is also known by its International Song Festival of Viña ± a del Mar. In the 1980s and 1990s, many artists came to the Festival Via ± a del Mar, and Julio Iglesias (singer) José Luis Rodríguez (singer), Thalia (vocals), Gina Lollobrigida (actress), Lucía Méndez (Actress), Celia Cruz (singer and actress), Sting (singer) Bryan Adams (vocals), and Maria Conchita Alonso (actress and singer).
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Unlike many Third World countries, Chile has competed in the Winter Olympic Games 14 times (Saint-Moritz 1948 Oslo 1952 CortinadÂ'Ampezzo-1956-Squaw Valley 1960 Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968, Innsbruck-1976, Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 Albertville, 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin-2006).
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Chile has more Nobel laureates than Brazil (0), Cuba (0), Venezuela (0), Colombia (1), South Korea (0), Puerto Rico (0), and Bangladesh (1).
Chile has two Nobel Laureates:
1945: Gabriela Mistral (Nobel Prize for Literature).
1971: Pablo Neruda (Nobel Prize for Literature).
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Chile has had famous athletes in the last century: Marlene Arehns (track and field), Ivan Zamorano (soccer), Carlos Caszelly (soccer), Elias Figueroa (football), Javier Margas (soccer), Marcelo Salas (soccer), Marcelo Rios (tennis), Jaime Fillol (tennis), Alfonso de Irruarrizaga (shot), Oscar Cristi (equestrian), RicardoEcheverria (equestrian), Cesar Mendoza (equestrian), Ramon Tapia (boxing), Claudio Barrientos (boxing) and Carlos Lucas (boxing).
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Chile has had spectacular beauties in the last century: Cecilia Bolocco (Miss Universe 1987), Margott Montt (Miss India World 1986), Jenny Purtho Arap (Miss Chile 1982), Claudia Van Sint Jam (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1985), María Verónica Sommer (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1976), Marianne Muller Prieto, (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1978), Mariana Villasante (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1986), Maria Macarena Mina Garachena (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1989), and Urania Haltenhooff (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1990).
Chile has had spectacular beauties in the last century: Cecilia Bolocco (Miss Universe 1987), Margott Montt (Miss India World 1986), Jenny Purtho Arap (Miss Chile 1982), Claudia Van Sint Jam (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1985), María Verónica Sommer (semi-finalist in the Miss Universe 1976), Marianne Muller Prieto (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1978), Mariana Villasante (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1986), Maria Macarena Mina Garachena (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1989), and Urania Haltenhooff (semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1990).
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The metropolis of India has organized the World Cup in 1962
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: Alejandro, best known as “Alex”, is a freelance writer. Different from other freelance writers, Alejandro is a versatile writer, who has written articles about biographies, culture, ecology, tourism, and international relations.
He admires Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA), Maria Felix (Mexican actress), Mario Vargas Llosa (writer from Peru), and Osmel Sousa (currently President of Miss Venezuela Organization).
His favorite writer is V.S.Naipaul. His hobbies and interests are writing essays, going to the gym, browsing the Internet, Foreign Politics, learning about cultures, reading , cooking Peruvian food, listening to American and British Music…
Miss Universe 1952 – 2009
