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We are in Punta Arena´s City, the principal city of the Magallanes´ district. It is with 120.000 inhabitants
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and the average temperature is 9,7°[C] and 2,8°[C] in its maximum and minimun respectively.
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The distance with others cities of the same country and its extreme weather have had
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a very special behaviour in it´s inhabitants and themselves called "special"
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and it can be recognize in any part of the world.
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when you were born in this land, you can understand that you live in a different place, for instance the isolation
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and the Magallanico´s culture, the nice and hard work people who are extremely brave
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When we have problems, we are together and that is very important to highlight because without that is not possible to get ahead
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This is an isolate and extreme region where it done sovereignty
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and we always are under the centralism
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it´s always been an autonomous spirit...an revolutionary spirit.
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We would like to be an independent republic, but unfortunately we are not federal in our country
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that is the reason why "the centralism" must open to get ahead
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The Magallanes and Chilean Antartic´s district
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have 132,033.5 square kilometres in the continental zone
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Punta Arenas and the Magallanes´ district are the only area
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where it can get oil and gas.
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The principal national company in Magallanes
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whose owner is the government of Chile is called "ENAP"
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The main costumers of oil and gas in this region are, by one hand
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the Magallanes´ population and the other hand
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the foreign company called " Methanex"
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ENAP sales this resource to the families for their normal consume.
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to an daily average of 700,000 cubic metres
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Methanex receives daily most than 1,600,000 cubic metres
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of oil and it pay less than Magellanic´ families.
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The hydrocarbon sold to Methanex
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in its most is converter in methanol and later
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sold to be used as aeroplanes´ fuel
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In the case of Magellanic´s inhabitants
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gas is a very important resource
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due to low temperatures throughout the year.
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Who have the control of ENAP and allow this prices´ discrimination
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is the Chilean state. In the year 1971, the Government of popular unit
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put in the network of underground pipe
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and made an strategy change in the energetic matrix of the district.
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All the productive activity including the electric supply
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were dependent from natural gas and oil
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In return during the military dictatorship
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it was proceed to privatize and deliver to private companies as "Gasco"
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the distribution and "ENAP" was forbidden about distribution and marketing.
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Today "Gasco" is part of "CGE" (general company of electricity) which is the owner of 57% about listed stock.
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and it is controlled by families of Perez Cruz, Marin - Correa and Hornauer.
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The energetic Matrix of Magellanic´s district depends today
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in a 100% on private companies...