{"id":6608,"date":"2024-04-08T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2025-01-01T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T01:57:11","slug":"uchicago-gifts-chilean-government-with-giant-wooden-horse-as-token-of-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/uchicago-gifts-chilean-government-with-giant-wooden-horse-as-token-of-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"UChicago Gifts Chilean Government With Giant Wooden Horse as Token of Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SANTIAGO \u2013 This past Monday, the University of Chicago gifted the nation of Chile a token of friendship and goodwill, a giant wooden horse. The so-called \u201cFriedman-Becker Memorial Horse of Democracy and Free Trade\u201d will be wheeled into the heart of the city later this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe nation of Chile holds a very special place in our hearts, and we couldn\u2019t think of a better way to express that than with a large oaken model of a horse,\u201d President Paul Alivisatos said in his speech. \u201cWe hope that the Chilean people will accept this offering as a show of our abiding respect and affection, and that they place it in a strategically important position within their capital.\u201d During the president\u2019s\u00a0 speech, strange chuckling and grunting noises were heard emanating from the horse. A sound expert consulted by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dealer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explained that it was probably the wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearing alongside Alivisatos, Provost Katherine Baicker said, \u201cThe definitely empty torso of the horse symbolizes the infinite possibilities that await the Chilean people in the years to come. Just like this horse\u2019s belly, Chile\u2019s future can be filled with whatever her citizens set their hearts on. Don\u2019t open it up though.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University\u2019s relationship with Chile dates back to the 1970s, when individuals planned and carried out actions alongside other individuals, which resulted in the transpiring of events. Said events have caused opinions both inside and outside of Chile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the University\u2019s gift, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Alberto von Klaveren said, \u201cSounds great!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Monday, the University of Chicago gifted the nation of Chile a token of friendship and goodwill, a giant wooden horse. The so-called \u201cFriedman-Becker Memorial Horse of Democracy and Free Trade\u201d will be wheeled into the heart of the city later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2089,"featured_media":6609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6610,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608\/revisions\/6610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}