Updates from the Ground in Chile
Saturday's earthquake struck Chile with a force that was 500 times more powerful than the quake that hit Haiti last month, and set off a tsunami that destroyed villages up the coast. Millions of...
View ArticleChile Earthquake: An Update from the Region
Over 700 lay dead and over two million have been left homeless after the weekend's 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile. Pascale Bonnefoy, correspondent for The Global Post in Chile has an update from Santiago,...
View ArticleClinton Pledges Aid to Chile
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says there aren't any plans to send U.S. troops to Chile to help keep order or distribute aid.Clinton made an impromptu visit to the country today, as aftershocks...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: Iraqi Elections, Biden in the Middle East, Financial Reform
In this week's agenda, Marcus Mabry, international business editor for the New York Times, and Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent, look at what to expect this week. They'll look at the...
View ArticlePowerful New Aftershocks Strike Chile
A series of powerful aftershocks rattled Chile this morning, just as Sebastián Piñera was being sworn in as the country's new president.The strongest of three tremors, measuring 6.9 magnitude struck...
View ArticleChilean Miners Face Long Wait for Rescue
33 miners remain trapped more than 2,000 feet below ground at the San Jose copper and gold mine in Copiapo, Chile. The miners have survived nearly three weeks on limited supplies; rescue efforts are...
View ArticleTrapped in the Dark: Chilean Miners Live Through Nightmare Scenario
The 33 Chilean miners still trapped underground will need to stay mentally strong - and stay physically thin. Chile's health minister says the escape tunnel being drilled for the miners will prevent...
View ArticleChilean Miners Remain Trapped; How Would You Survive Underground?
It is still unclear when the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 meters below ground will be rescued. The Chilean mining minister says it will before Christmas, a shorter timeline than originally...
View ArticleWhat Was The "Restoring Honor" Rally All About?; Concussions in Children and...
Examining Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., and what it means for American politics; exploring the relationship between New York City's Muslim community and the NYPD since 9/11;...
View ArticleChilean Rapper Ana Tijoux, the Newest Face of Latina Hip-Hop
Chilean hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux sees herself as a musician first, and a rapper, second. The combination of clear homage to the kings and queens of soul, hip-hop and funk come through in her music,...
View ArticleIn Chilean Mine, What's on Your (Underground) iPod?
After seven weeks, thirty-three Chilean miners remain trapped underground in a partially collapsed gold mine. To help pass the time while waiting for rescue, authorities are sending various items down...
View ArticleChile Pepper Fiesta Brings Fire Breathers to Brooklyn
Chile pepper lovers unite this Saturday as the 18th annual Chile Pepper Fiesta comes to Brooklyn. It's a party to celebrate the chile pepper and the nations that love them.The event will happen at the...
View ArticleDrills Could Reach Trapped Chilean Miners by Saturday
It's been over two months since a mine collapse trapped 33 Chilean gold miners deep underground in Copiapo, Chile, but the rescue effort may reach a breakthrough soon. Authorities say the closest of...
View ArticleTrapped Chilean Miners May Soon See Light of Day
The 33 Chilean gold miners who have been trapped underground since August 5 may be rescued as soon as Wednesday, according to the country's mining minister, Laurence Golborne.Rescue workers began...
View ArticleRescue Begins in Chile to Bring 33 Miners to Surface
What started as a possible human tragedy is ending this morning as the story of triumph and perseverance. Eight of the 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped beneath the ground for the last two months...
View ArticleStory of Families and Rescuers of Chilean Miners
For more than two months, 33 Chilean miners have been living 2,000 feet beneath the earth's surface. Today they are emerging one by one from the mine, back into the sunlight. The world they're stepping...
View ArticleChileans React to Miners' Rescue
We last spoke to Daniel Vergara, a 25 year old resident of Sanitago, after the disastrous earthquake that shook Chile in February. At the time, Daniel's nation was devastated. Today, they're...
View ArticleRescue of Chilean Miners Continues
We continue our coverage of the rescue effort underway in Chile this morning. After two months, miners who have been trapped underground since August are being pulled to safety.Mario Gomez, the oldest...
View ArticleSurvivor of 1972 Andean Plane Crash Advises Chilean Miners How to Adapt After...
Not many people can understand the ordeal that the 33 men trapped in the San Jose mine in northern Chile have experienced since the collapse of a tunnel on August 5. Eduardo Strauch may be one of the...
View ArticleTenth Miner Moments From Freedom
Valeria Perasso of the BBC once again reports from the San Jose mine in Chile, where the tenth miner, Alex Vega, is being pulled out of the mine.
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