August 2021 the Comptroller General of the Republic indicated disproportional costs for over CLP$73million, currently under investigation for chlorine and rapid antigen test during the Covid pandemic. Economy Linares is an important agricultural, industrial and financial center of the region. Notable natives and residents of Linares (city and province) Juan Ignacio Molina (Abate Molina), a Chilean priest and naturalist, born in Guaraculén, a farm located in Villa Alegre comuna. Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Army General and twice the President of Chile; Arturo Alessandri Palma, politician, statesman and twice the President of Chile Valentin Letelier, educator, writer and politician Pedro Dartnell, General, Army commander-in-chief and politician Manuel Miquel Rodríguez, politician José Manuel Sánchez, cofounder of Poliglota Artists and intellectuals Pablo Neruda, poet and Nobel Prize winner, born in Parral, Linares Province Margot Loyola Palacios, folk musician and researcher Edilberto Domarchi Villagra, poet Samuel Maldonado Silva, poet, novelist and Journalist Pedro Olmos, painter Manuel Francisco Mesa Seco, poet and writer Eduardo Anguita, writer Rubén Campos Aragón, poet Max Jara, poet Jerónimo Lagos Lisboa, poet Gustavo González Rodríguez, journalist and university professor Juan Enrique Coeymans Avaria, civil engineer, PhD and university professor. Manuel Astica Fuentes, writer Faruk Jose Nome Aguilera - professor of organic chemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Humberto Pinochet, painter now living in Canada Juan Cristobal Pinochet, painter now living in Canada Sports Ismael Fuentes, footballer Juan Luis Mora, footballer Sebastián Silva (basketball) See also References External links Samuel Maldonado Silva Biography Municipality of Linares Museum of Arts and Crafts/Museo de Arte y Artesanía Diocese of Linares Aerial photo # 1 from Google Maps Aerial photo # 2 from Google Maps Aerial photo # 3 from Google Maps. The westernmost portion of Linares comuna, lying between the rives Putagán (north), Loncomilla, (west) and Achibueno (south). Linares in Multimap Populated places in Linares Province Communes of Chile Capitals of Chilean provinces Populated places established in 1794 1794 establishments in the Spanish Empire