Chile

Reg · October 20, 2019, 5:34pm

Chile is on fire. I hope Ferni is ok.

Ferni · October 25, 2019, 4:44pm

I’am ok reggie , thanks.
Complicated times, Chile woke up!

Reg · October 25, 2019, 4:48pm

I am not used to Chile being the top story in the news every day for a week. Cuidate.

Ferni · October 25, 2019, 11:46pm

Reg · October 25, 2019, 11:50pm

Dios. For those who didn’t catch it, the slogan on the flag in the photo, “Estamos en guerra” means “we are at war”.

Edit: I am not sure how US news is covering this. They tend to be quite self-absorbed. Here it is wall-to-wall coverage. Chilean news is getting more airtime than Colombian news. My Canadian news feeds have very little coverage, though.

Ferni · October 26, 2019, 5:17pm

It says “NO estamos en guerra”

Reg · October 26, 2019, 5:21pm

Ah! That’s better. I couldn’t make out the “no”.

Reg · October 26, 2019, 5:40pm

I am now understanding the significance of this. Their president, Piñera, said, “Estamos en guerra” against the protesters. These protesters are disputing his statement.

AgeofGrace · October 27, 2019, 9:44am

They tend to be quite self-absorbed.

Reg · October 27, 2019, 10:00am

Very true. Not unlike US media.

AgeofGrace · October 27, 2019, 11:19am

I can’t argue with your little observation, Reg. You’ve made a valid, albeit minuscule point.

MyBigMoon · October 27, 2019, 3:47pm

Very little, if any, coverage in US news.

Nickscafe · October 27, 2019, 4:04pm

I wouldn’t have known about if if not for bbad. A lot of americans don’t care at all about the rest of the world.

I don’t think we are too unique though. I doubt most in china or india know or care about Chile. The green countries might care a little, since they care about the earth. They probably care about people, too.

Reg · October 27, 2019, 4:53pm

The US isn’t unique at all not caring about others. Most rich nations are self absorbed.

Nickscafe · October 27, 2019, 5:56pm

We also ignore our country too. Mass killings barely make the news now.

Reg · October 27, 2019, 9:31pm

That, I admit, is totally unique to the USA. If someone attacks another person with a stapler and nobody gets hurt in the end, it’s huge news in Canada and people talk about banning staplers. Ridiculous, but I’ll take it over the weirdness in the US where mass murders don’t even make news anymore.

AgeofGrace · October 28, 2019, 4:45am

Don’t be like that Reg. It’s not that it’s not making news. We are just unmoved by the horrific events because of the frequency of occurances.

Reg · October 31, 2019, 12:45am

This isn’t letting up. I wonder if Piñera can survive it. Ferni, do you still support him?

Ferni · November 4, 2019, 1:31am

Espero que pueda terminar su mandato y que todos tengamos paz. Sin embargo creo que las demandas de la ciudadanía son urgentes y deben ser escuchadas.
Respondiendo a tu pregunta, no sé si lo apoyo a él. Mi apoyo es a Chile. Si es capaz de conducir el diálogo para un nuevo pacto social, sí.

Reg · November 4, 2019, 1:39am

De acuerdo con esta, y yo creo en Chile. Es un pais excelente y sobrevivirá a esto.