tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post3267162791702211646..comments2024-01-09T13:36:58.648-03:00Comments on Corrugated City: PortofinoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-29497072883397204292007-08-21T12:26:00.000-04:002007-08-21T12:26:00.000-04:00That's an interesting question and something i've ...That's an interesting question and something i've been asked a few times by Chileans desperate to hear that Chile resembles England...I'll have a think about the various responses i've given over the years and write a post in the next couple of days about the subject.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, if you haven't already read <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pinochet-Piccadilly-Britain-Chiles-History/dp/0571215475/ref=sr_1_1/026-9207928-5277200?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176259017&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">Pinochet in Piccadilly by Andrew Beckett </A> i highly recommend it. It's a fantastically written book explaining in detail the historical ties between Britain and Chile and linking them brilliantly to the Pinochet years. It's such an easy read you can finish it in a couple of days.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-80015136934091237532007-08-21T12:03:00.000-04:002007-08-21T12:03:00.000-04:00What other similarities do you see with England? ...What other similarities do you see with England? <BR/><BR/>(Okay, England is changing it's food ways), but I have this vague, hard-to-explain impression that the two countries share a lot in common. Maybe it's because I met a Chilean volcanologist who was helping out with a field study my uncle was leading in England's lake district. And Chile has a lake district. Or maybe it's the classism. Maybe it's a small, island country. (Chile is essentially an Island, water on one side, desert, Andes, Antarctica). <BR/><BR/>Obviously the similarities to Spain are striking, but as a Brit do you see specific similarities to Chile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com