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Article: GLOBAL VILLAGE VALLEY OF PARADISE
- Article from:
- The Manila Times
- Article date:
- April 30, 2006
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IN central Chile in 1538 the Spanish conquistador Juan de Saavedra founded a settlement strategically located between the Pacific coast and the steep slopes of the Andes mountain ranges. He named the picturesque community Valparaiso, or "Valley of Paradise."
The 16th century was a tumultuous period and Valparaiso was not spared, what with the numerous English and Dutch pirate attacks on the bountiful settlement.
After Chile's independence in 1818, however, Valparaiso took three turns toward growth and progress. Today, it is the second-largest industrial center in this Latin-American nation, noted for such ...