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Earthquake hits Chile- a country prepared - 0 views
A size 8.8 earthquake hit Chile this past Saturday, being the third largest of the 20th century. Although this earthquake was bigger than the one that occurred in Haiti, it was less densely concent...
Art in Chile - 1 views
Chilean, Andrea Lira, living abroad in New York City decided to use her talents as an artist to keep the word out about the Chilean disaster. The visual image, in her opinion, is much more appeali...
Brazilian Tourists Arrested in Peaceful Protest in Southern Bolivia, Released and flee ... - 0 views
April 22: Four Brazilian tourists that had been detained by protesters in southern Bolivia on April 20th were released and have since fled to Chile before their projected return to Brazil. The tou...
Southern Peru and Northern Chile Hit By Earthquake - 1 views
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6.4 is pretty substantial, but still less than 1/1000th of what the big one this past winter was. The story is a very recent development, so nobody knows what the damage is yet.
Aftermath of the Earthquake in Chile - The New York Times > World > Slide Show > Slide ... - 0 views
Chilean Death Toll - 1 views
As the death toll rises in Chile so does the amount of homeless. Although the official count is somewhere around 350, reports keep filing in, estimating that it is actually somewhere around 700. Hi...
Rescuers Struggle in Chile - 0 views
As the number of missing grows in Chile, president Michelle Bachelet, put military forces in charge of controlling looting in the city of Concepcion, the largest city near the epicenter of the quak...
Chilean renewable energy - 0 views
Two Chilean energy companies, Codelco and BHP, are combining forces in order to research renewable and alternative energies. They are outsourcing this project to the government agency Corfo and San...
chile and peru to lead latin amercian growth in 2011 - 1 views
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18675:prediction-chile-and-peru-will-lead-latin-american-growth&catid=48:other&Itemid=122 IMF and World Bank predict that u...
New chilean president takes office - 0 views
Sebastían Piñera took office Thursday while aftershocks rocked the port city of Valparasio, causing the ceremony to be cut short. Besides owning billions in real estate, Piñera is the first conser...
New Chilean President to come in tomorrow - 0 views
President elect Sebastían Piñera will be sworn in tomorrow. Unfortunately he will have to deal with all earthquake related problems before he can start enacting any reforms or proposals laid out i...
Small Business Suffers - 0 views
Small businesses are suffering in Chile because of the earthquake. Some that took many years to build were swept away in instances during the large tsunamis that followed the initial quake. Many ...