Case Miners ¿Reality Show?

The case of the miners was a fact full of emotions. First, sadness and disappointment that there are certain works that put in constant risk the life of the persons and that there is no legislation that protects them and if it is that there is this one it is not fulfilled on the part of the employers.

Second, happiness and hope that in spite of the difficulties, 33 miners are alive and nice.

But the problem is when these facts are used politically and the negligences are converted more " reality show " that an occasion to think about of safety in the work and of the responsibilities that must exist.

The case of the miners served so much of political propaganda in case of the figure of the Secretary Golbourne who reached great popularity, since of strategy of advertising for several companies. At only hours that there was emerging from 700 meters of depth the first test of life of the workers, already some brands were throwing campaigns of support " being hung " of the news. From insertions to complete page in the diaries, to messages in the social networks and even "enterprising" that created allusive products.

In the press, Falabella published " a greeting hope for 33 miners and his families ", while La Caja Los Heroes emphasized his slogan " now more than never, above the desires of living ", refiriéndose to the miners. More Pizza while it organized two contests for his followers in the social networks in honor to the milestone, and Sushi House promised for Twitter a free year of his products for every miner who should go out.

The ingenuity of the politician takes root in the naiveté of the people.

Looking for the truth..

I found an article in "The Guardian" about Irak war logs that Obama must investigate according to UN envoy. Is interesting and important that exist instances of claim opposite to possible violations to the human rights. 

The article says that "there are 400.000 documents released by the website WikiLeaks in the biggest leak in US military history, showing the disturbing relationship between US and Iraqi forces. They have fostered suspicions that US forces handed over detainees to their Iraqi counterparts knowing there was a risk they were going to be tortured or killed". And though according to Manfred Nowak it isn’t an obligation that the States reveal the crimes of torture and murder, but Obama's administration has considered to reveal and to look for the truth about of acts against to the human rights.
In the since of 90' the military strategy of USA has been based in attack the terrorism and the countries of the “Eje del Mal”. This has been the excuse to numerous interventions countries militarily with the justification of restoring the peace and the order.
Nevertheless, is it possible to reach the peace and the order at the cost of tortures and multiple crimes? Undoubtedly, the response is negative.
Nowadays, in multiple countries there develop projects in which the UNO is simulated for school and university level that where they treat on the promotion of the human rights. Nevertheless these efforts must be led to royal level both in the leaders and in the society.

Santiago City

One of the places that I  most like is Providencia, because its  squares and the Principal Street are very nice, clear and calm. When I want to relax, to think and to read a good book, I go for there.

Other place I like very much is San Cristobal hill. I can catch the Funicular San Cristobal that ascends up to Terraza Bellavista, and I can see wide part of the city. Also, I like visit the Metropolitan Zoo and a Japanese-style garden that I think is very small. It has a wide variety of details really beautiful. It's necessary to stay all day for to walk and all the hill.


Definitely, the place that represent a wide part of my life is in the town of Maipu, because I ate ice with my friends while we chating. Other place  I like so much is The park of "3 Poniente", because I always meet with my school friends after classes. The high school was the best places where I had fun and I knew persons who helped me very much.

Nowadays, my favorite place is a Literary Coffee located in Bustamante Park.

The secret of their eyes

The secret of their eyes is a movie that won the Oscar for Best foreign Film of 2009. Director Juan Jose Campanella is an argentine scriptwriter that nowadays directs mostly TV series for American audiences (among them, House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and 30 Rock).

This is one of my favorite movies, principally because he speaks about the passions that move our life..
This is reflected in the following quotation:

“He can change everything, his face, his home, his family, his girlfriends, his religion, his God, but there is a thing that cannot change: cannot change of passion”.

Each character hides a passion, and its passion is in turn revealed in their eyes, in the different scenes of the movie.

The passion of Sandoval for alcohol, when he looks at the glass with his eyes lost. The passion of Esposito for Irene, when they wear looking at Gomez's eyes in the photos, and he said...”the eyes tell of more..”                              
Irene’s passion for Esposito is evident when her eyes always shout at him that she love him. The passion of Morales for his idyllic love snatched; and Goméz's  passion for Racing.

 But also, the movie shows that obsessions are similar to passions, however they   aren't quite the same. Obsessions make us do things that we never thought  we could do. Examples of these are: Esposito's obsession with solving Morales's case and to write a novela about it, Gomez's obssesion with Lilliana Colotto, and Morales's obsession is to make Gomez to pays for his crime. Indeed, it is a very intense movie...

Like each character in the movie, I surmise that everybody have their own secrets. However, what many people do not realize is that their most private o intimate secrets may become public through the shining of their eyes. Since I'm well aware of this fact I try my best to avoid embarrassing situations, yet, I have to concede that this is not always possible, because it is of the essence of passions that they cannot be neither hided nor negated. If someone would ask me what are my passions and obsessions, I would say to him o to her  that the answer is the secret of MY EYES..

Racial hybridization and discrimination Mapuche

The different indigenous groups in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile, are frequently supposed to be ethnically homogeneous. However there is growing evidence that most of them are in fact considerably heterogeneous. This phenomenon has been study by professor Garcia Canclini, a well known anthropologist currently living in Mexico, who has devoted many years to study what he has called “racial hybridization”.

This denomination is used in order to describe a social and demographic process of interaction among people from many different racial origins. This means that large groups in the population seem to belong to the same “original ethnic groups” even though just a small percentage of them comply with that condition. This is precisely what professor Villalobos argue with regard to the Mapuches in Chile. In the article in "El Mercurio" (30 August, 2009), he says that only 9,7% describe themselves as member of that ethnic group. Besides, according with the same source, 84% do not speak the original language (Mapudungun).  However in Chile, it is well known that the Mapuches have been discriminated against,   since the times of the colony  ¿Should believe that such discrimination have affected only to the above mentioned 9,7 %?

I believe that discrimination is an structural social characteristic in our country. Often,  we discriminate according to the socioeconomic level, physical features, surnames, sexual condition, language, etc. The list is long.

The Mapuche people have been historically discriminated against due to their language, physical features, surnames and other characteristics. The current conflict in the south reflects an historical struggle  of the Mapuches to recover  the land that the "wincas" snatched from them early in the Chilean history. However,   the main reason for the current hunger strike has to do we the use of the Terrorism bill on  the part of the Chilean government against the Mapuche leaders. Evidently this represent a new type discrimination because the legal consequences of this very peculiar statute isn't been used against the rest of the chilean population. 


"All animals are equal...but some animals are more equal than other" (Orwell, 1945)

I want to go Ireland!

I would like to travel to Ireland. Especially because is a country with very charming landscapes green, has forty different shades of landscapes...really beautiful!

Besides this feature Ireland  has all a medieval environment, an example of this are the many castles and cathedrals symbolizing the history of this place, as the Christ Church Cathedral that was built for the Vikings in 1038 or the walls that once surrounded the Dublin City until Cook Street.

The first thing I'd like to do is to participate in the numerous music festivals, dance and theater that are realized all year. For example, in Randalstown's small settlement, in Northern Ireland, there is celebrated one of the most important Irish festivals of the world; here  there are realized fairs, spectacles, recreations of battles, and activities outdoors. I like that these traditions remain!

 The secondly I would like to go cycling through the Shannon Bridge, it was fortified by the British in the time of Napoleón and it seems to be a gorgeus  place and relaxing, because it possesses a great variety of flora and fauna.

And finally, I would like to study there for some time to improve my English and to learn about Irish culture and its traditions. What can be best?

Games & strategies

I believe this semester was mostly very good, I was doing only things that I enjoy, except for my work, but it will end soon, luckily.

I could choose only two classes, seeing only subjects that interest me and working with excellent teachers, especially one of them that is a great support and guide for me. I´d like it could be like this every semester in the University!                                                                                                        

One of the most important experiences I had was my being far from my family for almost a year, because I learned many things, such as being more patient, valuing my relationships, and enjoying more of the good moments together, above all now that there is new member in the family, my small niece who has been a great happiness for me.

The great change that I will have to face next year will be to exercise my career, now it will be theory and practice. How much I would have learned these five years?

Times of changes and estrategies..