Germans in Chile

Written by Mark White on February 8, 2007 - 0 Comments Download audio file ( hile!m"#$

at emeeelea a!k!a mela %enni and &edro talk with Mark and 'e about (outh )meri a! Mark* (o, %enni, are you from (antia+o as well, Kenni* -es, . am from Chile, (antia+o in Chile! Mark* /h-huh! 0a1e you tra1eled in (outh )meri a 1ery mu h, Kenni* -es . think . ha1e been in2in )r+entina, 'ra3il2many times2. know a lot of "eo"le21ery ni e ountry, wonderful, yeah many hours in &eru2&ara+uay, Costa 4i a, Central )meri a! . ha1e been there2 Mark* Wow, . would like to +o to Central )meri a! Kenni* Wow5 .t is so ni e! Mark* . ha1e been to Canada and the /nited (tates but . ha1e ne1er been south of 6ew 7rleans! Kenni* Wow5 -ou missed Me8i o! Mark* 2. ha1e ne1er been to the ("anish world! . went to ("ain for a short time twenty years a+o but . ha1e ne1er been to2 Kenni* 6o, it is so different! Mark* 29atin )meri a! Kenni* Me8i o, hu+e bi+ ama3in+ Maya ulture then :uatamala2ni e2you an see still2. ha1e been there like, ten years a+o21illa+e "eo"le2.ndians2wow2so ni e2 rafts2yeah2down in Costa 4i a2wow2a lot of forest and ;un+le2wow2ama3in+ lots of animals2 Mark* . was lookin+ on the internet yesterday about who s"eaks whi h lan+ua+e! . was resear hin+ whi h lan+ua+e is the most2,who s"eaks the most2 Kenni* Mmm-m Mark* 2like . think the most is Chinese2and2the most "eo"le in the world s"eak Chinese and then . think it is ("anish is number two and then <n+lish and then )rabi

and &ortu+uese ame about number si82 Kenni* aah2 Mark* 2and . read about half the "eo"le in (outh )meri a s"eak &ortu+uese so2more "eo"le in (outh )meri a s"eak &ortu+uese than ("anish! (ome "eo"le in (outh )meri a s"eak many other lan+ua+es* Dut h, Fren h, .ndian lan+ua+es, and . was 1ery interested to read many "eo"le s"eak :erman! 0a1e you met :erman "eo"le in (outh )meri a, Kenni* -eah, yeah, yeah, we ha1e a lot of :erman "eo"le in the south of our ountry! :erman ommunities and2be ause they2When did they arri1e in our ountry, Pedro* . dunno! 7ne year we are li1in+ in .ndia2 Kenni* 0a2ha yeah but2 Pedro* -eah2many2many, many2 Kenni* -ou know the story about it2our "resident2he wanted to in rease20e wanted to de1elo" the re+ion that was really not used at all2and !!so they reated a new law to re ei1e families and2re ei1e families and li1e in the south of our ountry and they +ot a lot of knowled+e about how to2work the earth! Pedro* 2to work the earth! Mark* 2a+ri ulture2ri+ht2ok! Pedro* 2be ause in Chile the "resident at this moment thinks aah we need to de1elo" all this ountry 2 be ause it is all nature2it is all forest2the ("anish went to the south of Chile be ause the north was more desert2 Mark* /h-huh! Pedro* 'ut more and more (there was$ more and nature, no!!and when the ("anish ame!!when the ("anish ame2they onne ted with some +rou" of "eo"le2the2(,$ Mark* 6ati1e, indi+enous "eo"le, Kenni* -eah! Pedro* 2indi+enous "eo"le! Mark* /h-huh! Pedro* =hey fi+ht (fou+ht$ for many many years2fi1e hundred years2and the ("anish took a lon+ time to +o to the south! More and more! -ou know, the south is more new2 de1elo"ed than (antia+o2and than the north of Chile and than &eru, no, Mark* /h-huh, Pedro* 'e ause in &eru (there$ was the +old, no, =he ("anish2the ("anish2 Kenni* 2 ame2 Pedro* .s this +ood for you2this history, Mark* =he ("anish ame for the +old! =his is +ood! =his is +ood! Pedro* 6o, it is not borin+2Maybe . am borin+ you, Mark* . am not bored! . am not bored! Pedro* 7k +ood! 7k !!when the ("anish ame to (outh )meri a, they liked +old! >Where is (the$ +old,? (they said$ -ou know, >.f no +old, mo1e, huh,? Kenni* Money5 :old5 Mark* /h-huh! Pedro* We don@t need these thin+s, this ulture2these thin+s! Be* 2other thin+s, they were not interested in! Pedro* -es2and they mo1ed all the time! First they went to Me8i o! .n Me8i o (there was$ a lot of +old! Mark* /m-hmm!

Pedro*)nd they fi+ht (fou+ht$ and many many many years, no, Kenni* 2and &eru as well! Pedro* 'ut they ontrolled 1ery well the situation no, )ll (the rest of$ (outh )meri a was later, no, Kenni* -eah but not so mu h! Pedro* )nd all the "eo"le all of the time said >:o to (the$ south! :o to (the$ south!? 'ut +o to south they don@t know2some were 1ery le1er "eo"le, no, Mark* . ha1e a book5 . ha1e a book5 . want to show you a book5 Pedro* Wow5 Freaky29ike in the stories, no, ha ha ha! Be* What is your book about, Mark* ("anish &eru! Pedro* Wow5 Kenni* ("anish &eru!