Chile Forum

I do find the whole, "America is supporting the Venezuela people" thing to be B.S. America is only supporting them now, because Venezuela has defaulted on most of its bonds and the Oil has stopped flowing in any significant amount. The U.S. placing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports, is pretty mea...

Yikes. Yeah I also think it would be better if anyone from the White House just says "paso."

Ironically enough I am in a similar situation (permanent resident for years in Chile, eligible to apply for citizenship, have a main job locally, now have a side job earning income online outside of Chile). Since my side job is paid in dollars and those dollars go to a US bank account (and never ent...

I'm not sure where everybody else here shops in Chilito but I see it happen here ALL. THE. TIME.

In my opinion, you should try La Parva. It is my favourite place of all. You will definitely have a fantastic time there. That has got to be spam. In fact, let me help you with that. here is there web site: https://www.laparva.cl Everyone have a look at the photos, and how they are super tight, at ...

If you do go to Lonqimay, I recommend staying at Andenrose in Curacautin (right on the route to the mountain). The owner Hans is a fantastic cook and they have central heat, plenty of hot water and a big masonry stove (kachelofen) imported from Europe. Lonquimay is the volcano that my brothers and ...

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Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:59 pm

codelco gets good reviews, or i have never heard any complaints.

Codelco? Yeah I've heard good things about it too, but now I think we're not talking about skiing

Earlier this year (first week of May) I stayed with my brothers (visiting from the US) 2 nights in Malalcahuello, which is in the IX region but not nearly as well known as Pucon/Villarrica. It does have a bit more altitude since it's a mountain valley, and it turns out that there's a ski resort just...

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Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:18 pm

Sorry about that, man. It’s like a Groundhog’s Day here: a newcomer arrives, gets undeserved hostility, then the discussion propels into a quarrel about the toxic behavior of a few forum members.

What a waste of everybody’s time.

Agreed, and unfortunate.

Back in 2012, when I had a temporary visa that was expiring and applied for permanent residency, I let the 1 year visa expire and had to walk around with and occasionally present the letter I received that acknowledge that my long term residency was "in tramite." While it is an annoyance, generally ...

Checking in for a quick update, in case someone comes across this thread in the future. I opted to rent, and six months in (admittedly a very short time), all seems well. BUT - I made that choice based on a recommended local rental agent. She seems very good, and since my mother has also passed in ...

Dang, this is pretty complete. I already have my Chilean driving license, but if I didn't and was looking to obtain one, I think I'd be baking you a "queque" right now

I guess by your definition, Puente Alto is a "normal" municipality.