Refugio Chalet del Diablo
The place
Refugio Chalet del Diablo ("Devil's Chalet Refuge") in the Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Machalí/Coya area (central Chilean Andes altiplano, Chile), at 1088 m elevation, Andean foothills. Continuous Central Chilean Andes cluster (batches 250-377). Private climbing/hiking refuge (Chalet del Diablo, historical toponym linked to hot springs and alpine terrain + Central Andes range on the Chile-Argentina border + Aconcagua 6,961 m, highest peak in South America/Southern Hemisphere + heritage of the Mapuche/Aymara peoples (Mapuche people, 1.7 M, Chile, Mapuzugun language, 6% of the population + Wallmapu ancestral lands, Bío-Bío 1541 conquest abandoned, Pedro de Valdivia died 1553, heroic Mapuche leader Lautaro 1533-1557, warrior chief + heritage of the 11 September 1973 coup, Salvador Allende's suicide at La Moneda Palace + Augusto Pinochet dictatorship 1973-1990, 3,000 dead/disappeared, DINA, Villa Grimaldi + return to democracy 1990, Patricio Aylwin + 2022 Constitution rejected by referendum, 62%).
The setting
Libertador O'Higgins Machalí/Coya central Chilean Andes altiplano 1088 m Andean foothills, continuous cluster batches 250-377, private climbing/hiking refuge Chalet del Diablo hot springs-alpine heritage + Central Andes CL/AR border + Aconcagua 6,961 m highest peak SA/Southern Hemisphere, Mapuche/Aymara 1.7 M CL Mapuzugun 6% + Wallmapu Bío-Bío 1541 Valdivia died 1553 Lautaro 1533-1557 + Coup 11 Sept 1973 Allende La Moneda + Pinochet 1973-1990 3,000 dead/disappeared DINA Villa Grimaldi + democracy 1990 Aylwin + 2022 Constitution rejected 62%.
