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Pinera Reshuffles Latin America's Political Deck

(Oct. 20) -- Only a decade ago the scene would have been unimaginable: a Chilean miner -- an icon of the political left -- hugging a right-wing politician once tarred for his ties to a cruel dictatorship. But there it was, the 10-second hug between the billionaire Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Luis Urzua, the...

Will Chileans Honor Pact to Share PR Goldmine?

(Oct. 15) -- The lucrative offers for interview, book and movie deals surfaced before the miners did. Yet the 33 men, who learned of the deals while still underground, took a noble step in an already-moving story of solidarity by making a pact to split proceeds from any interviews evenly. Now they've reportedly signed a...

World Cheers For 33 Miners Freed in Chile

(Oct. 13) -- After more than two months entombed half a mile beneath the Chilean desert, the last of 33 trapped miners has been pulled to safety, ending a dramatic rescue effort that happened quicker than anyone expected, and sparked jubilation around the world. Shift foreman Luis Urzua, 54, the group's de facto leader,...

Chilean Miners Told Rescue May Not Be for Months

(Aug. 26) -- The 33 miners trapped by a cave-in at a mine in northern Chile have been told they may be stuck underground for four more months. "We were able to tell them ... they would not be rescued before the Fiestas Patrias [Chile's September 18 Independence Day celebrations], and that we hoped to get them out before...

Trapped Miners Stretched 2 Days of Food for 2 Weeks

COPIAPO, Chile (Aug. 25) -- Their self-imposed rations were meager: Two spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk, a bite of cracker and a morsel of peach every other day. That iron discipline kept 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground alive for 17 days on just two days' worth of emergency rations. And the same strength may be...

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07/18/11 Rescued Chilean miners sue govt. claiming negligence Source: Mineweb Stressing they want their suffering and their families' suffering to be recognized, 31 miners trapped for 69 days underground in the San Jose copper-gold mine have sued the Chilean government.
07/04/11 14 miners who survived Chile's 2010 accident seek... Source: Sify Santiago, July 4 (IANS/EFE) Fourteen of the 33 miners who last year were trapped for 70 days in a mine in northern Chile have requested that the government allow them to retire early since they have not been able to overcome the physical and psychological aftereffects of the ordeal, a media report said.

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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident" or "Los 33" (English: "The 33"), referring to the number of trapped mine workers, began in the early afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant mine cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine.

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