{"id":18815,"count":4,"description":"Valpara\u00edso (\/\u02ccv\u00e6lp\u0259\u02c8ra\u026azo\u028a\/, Spanish:\u00a0[balpa\u027ea\u02c8iso]) is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation (Greater Valpara\u00edso) and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valpara\u00edso Province and the Valpara\u00edso Region. Although Santiago is Chile's official capital, the National Congress of Chile was established in Valpara\u00edso in 1990.\nValpara\u00edso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. Always a magnet for European immigrants, Valpara\u00edso mushroomed during its golden age, when the city was known by international sailors as \u201cLittle San Francisco\u201d and \u201cThe Jewel of the Pacific.\u201d\nExamples of Valpara\u00edso\u2019s former glory include Latin America\u2019s oldest stock exchange, the continent\u2019s first volunteer...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/valparaiso\/","name":"Valparaiso","slug":"valparaiso","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/18815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=18815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}