it has become the most dynamic country in latin america terms of inrnational tr rror: rortwynne,coc geographry of birmingham in england, has been studying the roots of chile's dramatic economic success and the effects of this rapid change on the chilean people. chilstrengthened its market economy and export programs the 1970s and '80s under a repressive military regime now as a democracy, its annual imports and exports were each around $18 billion by 2001. oe pos e ucts of primar economicctivities, meaning e harvest ofro or thec e for instance, chile produces one-fifth of the world's copper. this is a satellite image of the escondida mine. che extracts resources from an incredible range of natural environments. the barren ground cover surrounding the mine reveals one of the driest places on earth-- the atacama desert. gchpaficot is much like north america's, the abut in reverse. here, it's the north that is mostly dry and brown, is mbut as you movsouthica's, thtoigher latitudes, the green color of this thatsatellite photomosaicown, reveals an ecological zone with great potential for market-mo