Doctors across Italy walked off their jobs, forcing the cancellation of 5 million visits and tests, and 45,000 operations.
But many diplomats say the fortified embassies make it difficult for them to do their jobs, forcing them to find ways around them.
In 2008, both lost their jobs, forcing them to return to Villanueva with their three children to save money on housing.
For many, even full-time pay is less than what they earn in their civilian jobs, forcing families to tighten belts.
Many Mapuches in the cities have lost their jobs, forcing them to return to their villages, straining resources already limited by a prolonged drought.In the past 18 months, smouldering tensions have blazed into occasional violence, directed mostly against forestry companies.
The sudden surge in 2009, though, suggests that the absence of traditional private sector jobs forced many of the country's best and brightest into lower-paying, if psychically rewarding, work.
In the years of Jobs' forced exile from Apple (when he was polishing an exquisite diamond called Pixar), the company flailed about, developing more than 50 different products.
Jennifer Morgan, director of the climate program at the World Resources Institute told National Geographic: "China is largely motivated by its strong national interests to tackle persistent air pollution problems, limit climate impacts and expand its renewable energy job force".
The job market for this specialty is expected to increase by 50% through 2018, and women currently make up 88% of this job force.
