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Chilean Americans (Spanish: chileno-americanos, ... Surprisingly, Chile is one of the only Latin countries where tea is a more popular drink than coffee, differing ...
From the United States of America (esp. the state of Utah), Mormons from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced Mormonism into Chile and today, 700,000 (565,000 regular or active) members out of Chile's 18.5 million people are Mormon—4 percent of the population—and there's a temple in Chile while a second one was ...
Pages in category "American people of Chilean descent" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Washington sent a warship to Chile to protect American interests. The crew of the Baltimore took shore leave at Valparaiso. During the US sailors' shore leave on 16 October 1891, a mob of enraged Chileans angry about the Itata's capture, attacked them. Two American sailors were killed, 17 were wounded and 36 others were jailed.
In February 2014, the U.S. government officially announced that it had added Chile to the Visa Waiver Program, enabling all Chilean citizens to travel the United States without payment of a fee beginning in May and making Chile the only nation in Latin America to possess such a privilege, one usually afforded to only the closest allies and ...
Immigration to Chile has contributed to the demographics and the history of this South American nation. Chile is a country whose inhabitants are mainly of Iberian , mostly of Andalusian and Basque origin, [ 1 ] and Native American , mostly descended from Mapuche peoples . [ 2 ]
According to a study from 2013, conducted by the Candela Project in Northern Chile as well, the genetic admixture of Chile is 52% European, 44% Native American, and 4% African. [ 255 ] According to a study performed in 2014, [ 256 ] 37.9% of Chileans self-identified as white, a subsequent DNA tests showed that the average self identifying white ...
Still, Chile remains the only Latin American country that has yet to constitutionally recognize indigenous populations. [12] The lack of reform is a result of the deep rooted inequality within the Chilean government, stemming from Pinochet-era policies that favor urban elites over environmental and indigenous issues. [ 18 ]