Fundi2 wanted to share with you a video from Gepe. Gepe is the stage name of Daniel Riveros, a young singer-songwriter from San Miguel (Santiago). He is currently part of the Chilean pop music movement that is making waves in all the the Latin world. His music is often described as a mixture...

Today we introduce you to Chilean electro-synth-pop sensation Javier Mena. This simple video is from her second album released in 2010, Mena. The video has Javiera dance around a screen while we are barraged by random background images that appear to be clipped out of a magazine. Javiera...

Support Chilean cinema! Go to the movies! Here I Am, Here I’m Not (Aquí Estoy, Aquí No) is the Chilean Spotlight at the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival. The film by Elisa Eliash tells the story of a freelance journalist who develops a phobia of speed and a serious case of PTSD after a...

Corazón de Chileno (CDCH ®), is comprised of Chilean high school students from all over Chile. They participate in a robotics world tournament called FIRST Robotics Competition also known in short as FRC. FIRST Robotics Competition will hold its Los Angeles Regional competition in Long...

    In Chile, it seems like every day is party – a reason to celebrate with dance, drink and friends. The music to be played has evolved into a list of basics, of which we will highlight a few below. Chilean cumbia is a subgenre of the musical style: cumbia, from Colombia,...

Por primera vez en la historia una película chilena es nominada por la Academia de Ciencias Cinematográficas AMPAS en la categoría mejor película extranjera. Se trata de la película NO, protagonizada por el mexicano Gael García Bernal y con la participación de Alfredo Castro, Luis...

Name: Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez Born: September 28, 1932 Origin: Chillán Viejo, Chile Died: September 16, 1973 (aged 40) Victor Jara was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile. Victor was greatly...

Congratulations on your Grammy nomination and welcome back to California  – Ana Tijoux ! ! This Grammy nominated artist is currently touring Northern America, a tour which includes California and Mexico. Ana Tijoux’s work has received much attention and acclaim, culminating in...

Idiom: “Pueblo Chico Infierno Grande” Translation: “The smaller the town, the bigger the hell” Meaning: When you live in an environment that is really tight, where everybody knows everybody, like a small town, and when every person’s life and/or lifestyle become the topic(s) of...

  Katia Riquelme is a singer, songwriter, painter, film aficionada, an all around “traveling” artist from Chile, who is now living in Los Angeles, California. Born in Viña del Mar, Chile, Katia has evolved into a very well versed traveler whose album, “Living in a...

    Desde Chile, Fernando Ubiergo en Concierto is part of Tierra Blanca Arts Center’s Fifth Annual Semblaza Latinoamericana, which runs over this weekend, October 12-14th,  with the theme “Asia in America” at the Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood, California. ...

  Amigos Latino Americanos De Las Hermanas Samaritanas is holding a Wine Tasting Fundraiser this upcoming Saturday night, October 13th.  To quote once more,  Fundi2 loves the cause so much and has written about before – you can link here to read about it.  The cause is to help the...