To begin, I will talk about my view on this year that the country has reached 200 years. I think we should be proud because they are 200 years of our nation, which has cost a lot of sacrifice and now we enjoy it!! I think in the media has mishandled this issue since before September this event was announced in many places and in many ways and everyone was talking about the bicentenary, but now has ceased to be an important subject no one talks about the bicentennial. The first paragraph expresses my opinion on the handling that makes the media on many issues that occur in our country, which can be influenced by the political maneuvering. Earlier this year the media spoke with the arrival of 2010 began a party that would join Chile and would be an opportunity to recognize the country where we lived and which was built between all of us as citizens. This would be an opportunity to dream with Chile would wish for the coming years.
Different activities were conducted such as the opening of a Museum of Memory and Human Rights in March, after the National Stadium was remodeled (among other works that were performed during the celebration of our 200 years of Independence). There were more than 200 works Bicentennial throughout the country to promote unity, importance was given to green areas and there were spaces for culture, sport and meeting citizen.
The media also announced that these activities allow us to connect and integrate with the world, but also help us reclaim our history and identity to reclaim our heritage as a country . Anyway, it was a nation wide invitation to participate in these activities.
In my opinion, instead of uniting and integrating the entire nation, the bicentennial year was used to distract people and leave out many important issues such as problems facing the Mapuche people. We must not ignore the fact that the country has grown and improved in many ways during these 200 years, but I think in the history of Chile has been a tendency to deny all social injustices and has also been a lack of interest movements that make many social groups. That is, on one hand the media show the pretty face of a nation that is growing, but otherwise handle information and will also hide the facts that are happening in a country that is still in development.
