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If you are from the Far East, you will be considered a “Chino” no matter if you are from China or actually from Japan or Korea or any other country of this region. And please, don’t take it as an offence if you are i.e. of Japanese origin and called a “Chino”. Your part of the world is simply too far away from Chile and only few know the complicated and conflictive history of a so distant place.

The same applies to all Turks and Arabs and other Middle Eastern nations may be up to Pakistan. In Chile they are all “Turcos” no matter from where they are. Being from one of the Muslim countries of this part of the world and you are a "Turco"exactly.

This generalization of people from far away is contrasted by a classist thinking about their own nation, especially in Chile. A few super-rich own and control most of the country, a stressed middle class - mainly in the cities - tries hard to keep up and many simple living people, mainly - often living in rural areas, - learned to live a tranquil life with rather little. The different groups and social classes distinct between each other and rarely mingle; they live in different quarters; send their children to different schools and vacation in different places. You may occasionally notice this when hiking the GPT; there . There are a few upscale luxury hotels where you could easily spend your monthly budget for a single night. Also owing large plots of land is a status symbol of the rich. And this is where the right-of-way trouble culminates. The super-rich that own these large "fundos" and "haciendas" are rarely ever there themselves but they hire guards to maintain their property and not let anyone pass. … to be continued …