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Santiago is one of South America's best-kept shopping secrets. With prices in their own countries skyrocketing because of inflation, well-heeled Argentines and Brazilians are flocking to the Chilean capital for their luxury purchases. Among the best buys?besides leather and wine?are gems like amethyst, malachite and lapis lazuli...
...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Santiago is one of South America's best-kept shopping secrets. With prices in their own countries skyrocketing because of inflation, well-heeled Argentines and Brazilians are flocking to the Chilean capital for their luxury purchases. Among the best buys - besides leather and wine - are gems like amethyst, malachite and lapis lazuli. Amethyst is locally prized for its supposed healing properties (it's common to find chunks of it lying in homes to counter bad luck). Malachite is used in popular...
Foxtrot. My Chilean host family listened to a radio station that cycled
Sinatra standards. My Chilean grandmother got tickled pink whenever...
...formerly radical factory workers who proudly brandished their retirement-fund statements and told me they were now paying as much attention to the business page as the sports page in the newspaper. It seemed ownership had invigorated the country, made a frail democracy more stable. By most reports, the Chilean system continues to thrive...