back from black

daily dos

tue 3/16/2010

 

Electricity has been restored in Chile after a massive blackout in the earthquake-ravaged country left up to 90 percent of its residents in the dark. Officials say the blackout was not directly earthquake related.

 
 

so happy together

daily dos

mon 3/15/2010

 

Chile's newly-inaugurated president, Sebastián Piñera, estimates it will cost $30 billion to repair the damage done by last month's devastating 8.8 earthquake.

 
 

detention

daily dos

fri 3/12/2010

 

A number of aftershocks, including a magnitude 6.9 quake, rattled Chile just moments before new President Sebastián Piñera was sworn in.

 
 

detention

daily dos

fri 3/12/2010

 

Nacional Records has released Fuerza Chile, a benefit album for the victims of Chile's devastating earthquake. Featuring Los Tres, Los Bunkers and Ana Tijoux, the album is $5.99 with all proceeds going to the victims of the quake.

 
 

chambeando

daily dos

wed 3/10/2010

 

Chile's recent 8.8 earthquake was so powerful that it shifted the city of Concepción at least 10 meters to the west.

 
 

the accused

daily dos

mon 3/8/2010

 

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says it could take between three and four years to rebuild quake-damaged regions of Chile. (via Foreign Policy)

 
 

guat?

daily dos

fri 3/5/2010

 

The Associated Press profiles the Desarmes family, which fled from Haiti after its devastating earthquake, only to arrive in Chile to survive another quake.

 
 

fool me twice

daily dos

thu 3/4/2010

 

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who is just days away from handing over power to president-elect Sebastián Piñera, is defending herself from critics who say that Chile's government was slow to respond to earthquake victims: "Everyone claims to be a general after the war."

 
 

when worlds collide

daily dos

wed 3/3/2010

 

Check out a hi-res photo gallery of the aftermath from Chile's devastating earthquake.

 
 

out of a limb

daily dos

tue 3/2/2010

 

At least 160 people have been arrested for looting in Concepción, the second-largest city in earthquake-ravaged Chile. Nearly half of the 708 people killed by the 8.8 earthquake in Chile are from Constitución, a small town that was devastated by a tsunami moments after the quake.

 
 
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