SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw ...
There are PR opportunities, and then there are PR opportunities. "Now being Chilean is kind of like, 'Wow!'" said Maria Elena Bartsch Mittelmann, who advises foreign travelers visiting Chile.
The terrified group men spent 15 days underground with no contact from the outside world. For more than two weeks, they had no idea if anyone was coming to get them, or whether they would be left to ...
In Chile, rescuers will likely start an operation on October 13 to evacuate 33 miners who have been trapped deep underground for more than two months. Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne ...
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night — a joyous ending to a ...
The bodies of four out of five miners trapped in a collapsed section of one of Chile's biggest copper mines for three days have been found and identified, an official said Sunday. Rescue workers at ...
Sometimes President Barack Obama gets it right. He was all over Chile’s February earthquake. When the news broke, he was on the White House lawn pledging support for the recovery. He was there for ...
COPIAPO, Chile - Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 relatives. His family members welcomed him home by lining ...
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Watching soccer while trapped underground gave the Chilean miners hope during their 69-day ordeal this year and their experience helped inspire Manchester ...
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile The men proposed at a party held in their honor. During the event, one of the miners, Claudio Yanez, got down on his knees and asked his girlfriend to marry him on her birthday.