Jurors can receive up to $50 a day after serving 45 days on a grand jury. (Employees of the federal government are paid their regular salary in lieu of this fee.) Jurors also are reimbursed for reasonable transportation expenses and parking fees.
On September 18, 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, declaring their independence (although they still were theoretically loyal to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, then a captive of the French).oday, September 18 is celebrated in Chile as their Independence Day. It is remembered with the fiestas patrias or national parties.. The celebrations kick off in early September and can last for weeks.
Chileâs former president, General Augusto Pinochet, died in December. Some of his legacies are well known, but others are not. Pinochet directed the coup of September 11, 1973, and presided until 1990 over a military regime that violated human rights, shut down political parties, canceled elections, constrained the press and trade unions, and engaged in other undemocratic actions during its more than 16 years of rule.