Chile Miners Rescue

Chile's First Lady To Rescued Miners: Government Won't Abandon You

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced e...

Johnny Barrios Rojas, Other Chile Miners' Private Lives Come To Light

AP | ANITA SNOW and MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — One is a great-grandfather four times over, another a 19-year-old dad. A third – the oldest – is 63, and has ...

Chile Miners Return For Mass Near Rescue Site

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO and EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.25.2011

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 rel...

Capitalism didn't save the miners

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Allison Kilkenny

The WSJ published a ridiculous article yesterday that claims Capitalism saved the Chilean miners, and opens with a boldface lie when writer Daniel Hen...

Chile Miners Now Deal With Fame: TV Shows, Money, Vacations, Fans

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

COPIAPO, Chile — The Chilean miners began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes Thursday and got a taste of what awaits them outside the...

STAGGERING: Fox News Gets HUGE Numbers For Final Miner Rescue

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News saw a staggering 7 million viewers as the final miner was rescued in Chile Wednesday night. The network averaged 7.066 million total viewers...

Chilean Ponchos: An Endorsement In Photos

Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

Anya Strzemien

I was obsessed--obsessed!--with coverage of the Chilean miners' rescue yesterday. The survival, the reunions, the Oakleys, the mistresses...and the po...

Chile Mine Rescue: Global Reactions (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

As the Chile mine rescue ordeal unfolded over roughly 36 hours, few around the world were able to tear their eyes away from their TV or computer scree...

What the Chilean Miners Can Teach Us About Hope

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

Even in the darkest places, it is possible to find freedom: freedom from fear, freedom from negativity, freedom from aggression and brutality.

RESCUE! CNN Ratings Surge On Chilean Miners

Posted 05.25.2011

The Chile miners' rescue also rescued CNN's ratings, at least for one night. The network, which Monday saw its worst ratings in over a decade, reboun...

Mario Sepulveda Becomes Chile Mine Rescue 'Breakout Star'

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

The Chile mine rescue effort looks set to wrap sometime near daylight on Thursday, with all 33 miners expected to be successfully retrieved. As the or...

Mistresses And Wives Clash Over Trapped Chilean Miners

Telegraph | Fiona Govan at the San Jose Mine | Posted 05.25.2011

Authorities at Camp Hope have had to deal with a rush of women coming forward claiming to be first in the Chilean miners' affections in order to recei...

PHOTOS: Chile Mine Rescue Efforts

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Their day-to-day struggle for survival has captivated the world for more than two months. As each of the men trapped underground in Chile's San Jose M...

Chile Miners Rescue: LIVE Updates (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

***LIVE BLOG BELOW*** Rescue efforts to bring 33 miners trapped underground to the surface have been successful, with the last of the miners being ...

Chilean Mine Rescue Effort An 'Unprecedented' Challenge

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesda...