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Chile quake: "It was terrifying."

February 28, 2010 13:26Updated May 30, 2010 13:22
BOSTON — From her home in Santiago, GlobalPost Chile correspondent Pascale Bonnefoy was caught up in Saturday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. Here's how she described her ordeal to Bob Schieffer this morning on the CBS program "Face the Nation."

Chile quake: The view from Valdivia

Jimmy LangmanFebruary 28, 2010 10:16Updated May 30, 2010 13:22
VALDIVIA, Chile – One of the world’s six-largest earthquakes in recorded history has left hundreds dead and damaged buildings, roads, and bridges throughout central Chile. Chileans slowly are becoming aware of the breadth of the disaster, which President Michelle Bachelet called "a catastrophe of devastating consequences."

From Santiago: The whole house was rocking.

February 27, 2010 18:13
I had just returned from a vacation around midnight after six hours driving down highways and bridges that are no longer in one piece. I went to bed around 2 a.m. and an hour and a half later, was woken by the house shaking. From the second floor, it was impossible to go downstairs — the house was rocking and we just huddled under a bedroom door frame and tried to remain standing. The sound was thunderous, horrible and the violent shaking seemed to last forever — it was like being in a small boat in the high seas under a storm.

Philippine government warns of tsunami threat

Carlos CondeFebruary 27, 2010 16:57
The Philippine government has warned residents of 19 provinces in the eastern part of the country that tsunamis could hit their areas Sunday afternoon, a full 24 hours after the earthquake that struck Chile. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued a “Tsunami Alert Level 1” shortly before midnight on Saturday over the east coast of the country and urged the residents in these areas to “keep watch” and to prepare for possible evacuation.

Pacific braces for tsunami after Chile quake

February 27, 2010 15:30Updated May 30, 2010 13:22
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Nations surrounding the Pacific Ocean on Saturday braced for a tsunami that could unleash tidal waves on their shores, testing the response-mechanisms built up following the 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean. From Alaska to Peru, Japan to Papua New Guinea, governments scrambled to emergency meetings and put out warnings to coastal areas while geological and maritime teams threw all hands on deck to gather information.

Massive earthquake strikes Chile

News DeskFebruary 27, 2010 14:28Updated May 30, 2010 13:22
BOSTON — A  8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday. At least 122 people have been killed, with the toll expected to rise, and tsunami warnings have been issued for countries around the Pacific.

Saving South America's emblematic condor

Helen HughesFebruary 22, 2010 07:36Updated May 30, 2010 13:21
SANTIAGO, Chile — Patriotic emblems are fast becoming the only place in northern South America to find the mighty condor. In the less populated Andean heights further south, however, the gigantic bird has a chance to make a comeback. A wildlife recovery project between Chile and Argentina is helping to breed, rehabilitate and release condors into the wild.

Chile's museum of terror and survival

February 20, 2010 10:15Updated May 30, 2010 13:21
SANTIAGO, Chile — “I’m not ready for this,” the 10-year-old boy said to his mother as she showed him around a hallway full of photos, press clips and videos testifying to Chile's 17 years of terror and repression during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

The president-elect’s corporate cabinet

February 10, 2010 22:00
President-elect Sebastian Pinera announced his cabinet on Tuesday, leaving many wondering if the 16 men and six women were getting ready to run a country or a business. The new cabinet that will accompany Pinera when he takes office on March 11 is not full of political old-timers linked to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, as some feared. In fact, only eight of them are official members of Pinera’s political coalition, and most of them are more technocrats than politicians.

Hot water for Chile's slums, courtesy of the sun

Helen HughesMarch 14, 2010 09:13Updated May 30, 2010 13:20
SANTIAGO, Chile — Jacquelin Marin has no running hot water at home. For a while, she had no real home at all. But soon she'll have both, with the sun heating water for her showers. Marin and her neighbors are part of a pilot program to install solar water heaters in the houses of low-income families. For Chile — a country with stark economic inequality and few fossil fuels — it's a way to help the poor while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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