Sandy Point, the wamest heart

Four years ago, I lived in the most beautiful city in the world. It is Punta Arenas (Sandy Point). The south of the south...

Punta Arenas is the capital of Magallanes region, Chile. It was founded in 1848 and, today, it has 120.000 inhabitants approximately. About de climate, you know, it is coooold. It is windy and rainy too (especially windy).

Yeah, it is so cold, but I want to write about the heart of his people. It is warmer that the fire. I will say why, with just a few examples.

First example. Do you know "Teletón"? All the country giving money for treatment of kids and disabled peolple, a wonderfull day... But there was a place, in Chile, that didn't have a Teletón: Punta Arenas.
So, what did they do?

Magallanes has his own "Teletón":  "Jornadas por el niño impedido magallánico" are made each year, since 1988. Last year the name was changed to "Jornadas por la Rehabilitación en Magallanes", because they don`t serve only kids.

Second example.  Wherever you go, wherever you stay in the world, a flag of Magallanes region is going to be on high. See this picture.

It`s me, in a student convocation in Santiago of Chile. And that's the flag.


Example numer three, is represented on this pictures. This happened when the gobernments don't take account the people needs and rights. When they don't listen the people.