Impact of the Great Depression on Chile and Peru

On the opening page of her novel "Killing a Robin", Harper Lee wrote the following sentences: "There is no place to go, there is nothing to buy, there is no money to buy .... But this is It is an era of vague optimism for some people: Meikomu County has been told that there is nothing to worry about it recently, but it is said to be afraid of itself, "Lee suggested. A seemingly insufficient guarantee also represents the melancholy and despair that many citizens feel.

On August 16, 1868, an earthquake of 8.5 occurred in the Chile Trench of Peru. The resulting tsunami struck the port of Arica, a part of Peru, and it is estimated that Arica caused 25,000 deaths and a total of 70,000 deaths. Three warships anchored at Arica, USS Wateree and Fredonia's fleet, and US Peru warships were affected by the tsunami. From 26th to 27th August 1883, a volcanic eruption on Krakato Island in the Netherlands East Indies (currently Indonesia) caused a part of the underground magma reservoir to become empty, and a large area of ​​land and the seabed collapsed . The collapse caused a series of tsunamis. And it is about 40 meters above sea level. Tsunamis are observed everywhere in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the West Coast of the USA and South America.

Chile is an elongated country located in the south half of the west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. The northern border state is Peru, northeast is Bolivia, and the east is Argentina. South Pacific Chile's coastline length is 5000 km (3,100 miles). Prior to arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century, northern Chile was ruled by Inca, but the Maputier natives lived in central Chile and the southern part of Chile. There are other indigenous peoples in the south (Tehuelche, Yagan, etc.), many of which are confused with diseases and wars and confused with European immigrants.