Chile is the country on the Southwest Pacific coast of South America, which runs from a polar south to tropical north. 5% of Chile’s population is Arab, and the majority of that is Palestinian-Christian: Chilestino/Chilestinian.
Chile is a first world country now, very democratic. The Chilestinos are prosperous and wield incredible political power.
Not only Chile, but Brazil, and even Argentina to an extent, are also having a major Evangelical Revival.
You have a few thousand converts to Islam in Latin America. So what? You have millions of Latins converting to Evangelicalism.
If one were to put the Palestinians in South America, within two generations, most of them would be converted.
These Evangelicals tend to be very pro-Israel; and the Palestinian supporters in Chile are upset with the Evangelicals, especially since the Evangelicals outnumber all the Arabs – not just the Palestinians – three to one.
While Chile did grant recognition to Palestine, they put strong conditions on it.
I am sure that in the contest between Evangelicals and pro-Palestinians-Chileans, the Evangelicals will prevail.
Much. Iquique is in the (sub)Tropical1 North of Chile. It has a tax-free zone and is relatively prosperous, as you can see. It is a bit of a vacation paradise.
The province has a large amount of Arabs (as well as Croatian, and Australian immigrants).
So much so that the Palestinian Ambassador to Chile has visited Isquique on occasion.
To see this, click this link for a series of videos.
Almost all these Arabs in Iquique are Christian. There is no reason that Christians from Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) could not assimilate well into Iquique.
1Iquique is well within the tropics, and it should be tropical if latitude was all there was to consider; however the cold Humboldt current which comes up along Chile’s coast from Antarctica has a moderating influence on the climate making the offshore waters slightly cooler than they would otherwise be. This in turn cools the coastal area, preventing Iquique from becoming a tropical jungle, which it would otherwise be. Hence Iquique is more subtropical than tropical, though well within the tropics.
The effect is noticeable throughout Chile. Two-thirds of Chile is subtropical to tropical in land climate, but the off-shore waters can be genuinely chilly until you approach the tropic of capricorn, and even then the waters are not particularly warm, except along the beachfront shallows, where shallow depth increases solar efficiency.
The Humboldt Current carries cool water from Antarctica to the equator, where you have penguins on the Galapagos Islands because, even though on the equator, the Galapagos islands rarely rise above 25 °C (77 °F).
The effect is similar to the cool ocean current coming down from Alaska to subtropical Los Angeles and San Diego.
Hence, Northern Chile, which should be tropical, is often merely subtropical.
The effect is amazing and is responsible for Chile’s wonderfully moderate climate. It is a beautiful county – again 2/3rds of it being subtropical to tropical – but the beaches are notorious for chilly water, even when lined with palm trees.
While this might be a disaster for swimmers, it moderates the climate, preventing extremes of heat along the coast.
This will take a while to catch but at (1:02) it becomes clear
that his Chilean dance mob is dancing to Arab music.
At (3:03) you can hear them try to approximate, the Arab tongue rolling yell.
A Chilean dance mob in the capital of Santiago dances to Arab Music.
Again, Arab culture has thoroughly and completely gone mainstream in South America, and has moved out of its ethnic community to be embraced by all.
Some Notes: Chile is 5% Arab. The USA, by comparison is only about 1% Arab; and many of those are Lebanese Maronite Catholics, who may not even identity as Arab, but rather as only Lebanese.
Check the notes on Chile in this site to learn more.
