Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas, with a local television station hoping to raise $27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake.
An 8.8-magnitude quake hit south central Chile on Saturday morning, and tremors rattled cities as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I live.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Friday in earthquake-damaged Chile, which endured two more strong aftershocks while working to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Chile, which endured two more strong aftershocks Friday as it worked to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Two strong aftershocks shook parts of Chile on Friday morning, hours before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was to meet with Chilean President Michele Bachelet and her successor.
A four-day transit strike that created a traffic nightmare in the Colombian capital and brought protesters into the streets was resolved Thursday, officials said.
The death toll in Chile was revised downward Thursday as authorities reviewed discrepancies in the reported number of dead in the Maule region.
A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect Thursday in Mexico City, one day after the second same-sex marriage was performed in Argentina.
President Michelle Bachelet toured devastated areas in central and southern Chile on Thursday, five days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 800 people.