by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 13, 2019 | Testimony from the Past
Emilia was part of the group of the first 12 Rapanui students who left to study on the continent in 1955. Today she is remembered as the best director that the school Liceo Lorenzo Baeza Vega has ever had for the discipline that she was able to impose. Iwas born in...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 13, 2019 | Testimony from the Past
Ninoska Cuadros, with a degree in business administration and currently serving as manager of the (Chilean) National Forestry Institute, CONAF, is one of the three daughters that Margarita Hucke had with her husband, Patricio Cuadros, a sailor in the Merchant Marine...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 13, 2019 | Testimony from the Past
Patricia Lillo, daughter of Eusebio Lillo, thus a descendant of the composer of the Chilean national anthem, and Elba Chinchilla, has lived for more than 50 years on Easter Island, as a result of her older sister Elvira marring Marcelo Pont-Hill, a Rapanui, in...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 13, 2019 | Testimony from the Past
Paulina Llano -Tepano, the daughter of an Easter Islander, was born on Easter Island but was adopted and raised by the Chilean family of her father, Augusto Llano, and his wife, Iris Vercelli. Augusto Llano was a meteorologist with the Chilean Air Force who arrived...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | Testimony from the Past
Graciela Paté Tuki Graciela Paté-Tuki, 67 years old, the daughter of Pedro Pablo Paté-Pakomio and Carmela Tuki-Tuki, is a hard-working woman who has become famous for her cooking. For many years, she ran her own restaurant, but now she’s decided to lease it and set...
