Esperanza Base was created in 1975.

Esperanza's Tio burned down Esperanza's home

Esperanza's father's name in the book "Esperanza Rising" is Sixto.

No, not normally.

However, the Esperanza Base, supported by Chile, does encourage families to live there temporarily. Currently there are 55 souls living at Esperanza, and with two teachers, one can assume that a few of these are children.

Esperanza at 63 degrees S falls north of the governance of the Antarctic Treaty.

Esperanza lives in Mexico at the beginning of the novel "Esperanza Rising."