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Chilean sky, Chilean land.(dispute between Chilean landowners the the European Southern Observatory over the location of the Very Large Telescope)
The Economist (US)
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April 22, 1995
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HOW much is a patch of clear sky worth? Several large observatories have been built in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, whose dry air and stable micro-climate give them cloudless nights and sharper images. But one especially suitable site has led to a row between the European Southern Observatory (ESO)--an eight-state venture by Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland--and an amalgam of Chilean lawyers, scientists and allegedly dispossessed landowners. The dispute has soured Chile's relations with ESO governments, and on both s are being ...
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