Harold Maynde Nicholls: president of the Chilean football league Harold Maynde Nicholls, The president of the Chilean football league, said thank you to the Club Almeria for thier gesture of solidarity they had shown towards the victims of the 8.8 Mega-quake and tsunami that struck Chile on February 27th. On March 6 the “albirojos” had “Fuerza Chile” (Chile Be Strong) added... 

Las Brisas ‘Eco Laguna’ As a contribution to sustainable tourism, Las Brisas of Santo Domingo, an exclusive holiday resort located in the San Antonio Province near Valparaiso, today presented their brand new  ‘Eco Laguna’, a man-made lagoon composed of 2.2 hectares and 45 million liters of crystalline salt water of about 27 grades. The Eco Laguna is the second biggest swimming pool of the... 

President Sebastián Piñera Echenique Chile’s billionaire President Sebastian Piñera has offered a 40.000 Pesos (US$80) voucher to children from poor families to help ease the post-quake recovery.  The offer was one of the first measures the President made after taking office yesterday March 11th.  On a visit to the coastal city of Constitucion, Piñera said the vouchers would benefit some... 

Ricardo Darin Ricardo Darin, star of the ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’, the winner of Best Foreign Film at the 2010 Oscars, is among many performers involved in concert in Buenos Aires this weekend aiming to raise funds for earthquake-struck Chile. According to Darin “Chileans are not alone!”. Darin claims that Argentina and its people are very concerned about the catastrophe which occurred... 

President of the República – Sebastián Piñera Echenique A series of aftershocks rattled Chile’s Presidential Inauguration. Yesterday Thursday, March 11th, major aftershocks rocked the central coast of Chile and frightened those people who had assembled in Valparaiso to attend Sebastián Piñera’s rise to power.  Piñera himself appeared calm during the aftershocks, smiling and... 

Carmen Fernandez resigns After the strong earthquake which rocked Chile on February 27th, Carmen Fernandez, director of the National Emergency Office (ONEMI) resigned due to massive public criticism. The ONEMI was heavily criticized for not having reacted in an appropriate way to the catastrophe, or in other words were too slow.  Fernandez has refused to accept the criticism.  Fernandez is already... 

After the aftershocks that rocked Chile around 11:30 today, a new tsunami alert was called between Los Lagos and Coquimbo.  ONEDI called the alert after a magnitude-7.2 aftershock and 6.9 aftershock were recorded in Litertador O’Higgings at 11:39 and 11:55 am respectively. The tsunami alert will remain until 2pm local time today.  Evacuations have begun for those in the affected areas. tsunami-wave-warning-alert UPDATEL... 

Offices were evacuated in Santiago after strong aftershocks At 11:39am the first of several aftershocks rocked the Santiago Metropolitan area.  The first one was recoded at a magnitude-6.9 with epicenter located 147kms (93) SW of Santiago in Litueche.  Less than 20 minutes later, at 11:55 am a magnitude 6.2 was recoded.  A slightly smaller magnitude-6.0 aftershock followed at 12:06, again with the... 

President Sebastián Piñera Echenique President-elect Sebastián Piñera is preparing to take power in Chile with his inauguration set to take place today. The future President began an intense round of bilateral meetings on Wednesday morning where he welcomed 19 foreign delegates from different countries, including the Presidents of Colombia and Bolivia and the Prince of Asturias. The first... 

Chile's Police de Investigaciones Chilean Investigation Police, or PDI, are still searching for one person missing after an apartment building fell during the earthquake. According to PDI personnel, the tracker dogs being used to find José Luis León, the only missing victim inside the Alto Río 15-storey building that collapsed during the February 27th earthquake, found evidence that could...