Chile hacia el 2000

"This collection represents a declaration of principles of the Center for Public Studies, an economic and scientific elite that governs studies and problem-solving apparatus about environmental protection in Chile"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The exhibition is centered in the period when Chile was part of the Tawantinsuyu territory, the largest Pre-Columbian empire of the Americas, covering more than 12000 miles from the south of Colombia to central Chile. During the 15th century emperor Topa Inka Yupanqui conquered the territory that is now Chile and until the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the territories of northern and central Chile were governed by Inca emperors and leaving behind and important language legacy. The exhibition includes archaeological metal, textile and stone pieces from diverse museums in Peru: Museo...

"A portrait of one of the founding members and early influential leaders of the Chilean Socialist Party. In the early 1940s, following an abortive attempt at his party's presidential nomination, Schnake abandoned party politics, serving as Chilean Ambassador to Mexico and France under President Juan Antonio Ríos, and later as Minister of Mining under Gabriel González Videla, before going on to the United Nations and later the Inter-American Development Bank"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"A gripping study of fates of almost 1,200 Chileans who were arrested in the early years of military rule, were never heard from, and then were executed and buried in unmarked graves throughout the country. The author, a forensic anthropologist, argues for a public accounting of the circumstances of their deaths, the location and proper reburial of the remains of the dead, and the punishment of those responsible for crimes against humanity"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.