"We can't compete with Australia and Chile on volume, " he acknowledges.

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People in fast-growing economies like Ireland, Vietnam and Guyana aren't buying as much jewelry as those in Chile, Brazil or Mexico.

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Om Malik Bargain in Chile This one you won't likely find on the Web: The unwinding of leverage in global markets has caused many stocks to plummet in Latin America, not all of them for sound reasons.

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Errazuriz, the cardinal from Chile, said the key isn't so much where the next pope comes from, but what he brings to the papacy.

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Abel Matutes, the foreign minister, says it could damage Chile's fledgling democracy, not to mention Spain's strong economic ties with Chile (not to add, since he didn't, a possible Chilean contract to buy Spanish submarines).

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"We had a letter from the Chilean embassy back in October and they asked us, especially as the bells weren't in use, to consider gifting them to the people of Chile so that they could form a new memorial to the disaster in time for the 150th anniversary, " said Canon Evans.

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If you're taking a taxi in Chile or New Zealand, for example, the driver won't give you the evil eye if you don't tip -- it's not expected.

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Louis, Missouri, from Santiago, Chile, earlier this year but, with the job market taking a downturn, it wasn't an ideal to a start a job search -- much less from 5, 000 miles away.

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