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Atacama Desert Chile

Abandoned Santa Laura nitrate plant (1886-1960). World Heritage Site

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Inti

Chile es uno de los mayores productores de cobre y salitre cuya explotación siempre estuvo en manos extranjeras. Su nacionalización, del salitre por el presidente Balmaceda y del cobre por Salvador Allende durante el Gobierno de la Unidad Popular, costó la vida a ambos presidentes.
Las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores del salitre eran tan complejas y brutales, que en 1907 culminaron en una gran huelga nacional y la masacre de miles de huelguistas en la trágica Matanza de la Escuela Santa María de Iquique.

13 years ago.

Diana Australis ^club has replied to Inti

Muchas gracias, Inti ....I knew that the workers were brutally exploited and that the nitrate plant was a hell to be in. I did not know the complete political background, so I was very happy to learn that from you. The deserted Santa Laura plant and Humberstone town nearby have such a sad and melancholy atmosphere. You can feel the brutal atmosphere under the surface.
I loved that area round Iquique and Arica in Northern Chile very much, by the way. ~ Diana

13 years ago.

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