Chilean Earthquake Aid

Chile suffered an 8.8 earthquake on Saturday, February 27 at 3:35 am.  The epicenter was just off the coast of Concepción, 300 km north of here, 35 km under the earth’s surface.  Buildings and walls fell in Temuco, and points south, as well as up in Santiago, almost 700 km north of here.  This radius seems incredible, although I’m no geologist.

Life in Temuco hasn’t been too badly disrupted.  I was without water and electricity for a couple of days, but stayed with friends and had no serious issues personally.  However, up in Concepción and on the coast, conditions are absolutely grave: martial law, lack of resources and shelter, and minimal flow of information.

Cruz Roja (Red Cross), Techo para Chile (A Roof for Chile), and other organizations are channeling aid very well, however there is a great deal of suffering.  TO HELP—SEE LINKS BELOW.

UPDATE ON SURVIVORS, March 5:

-En Constitución apareció IVAN LARA DE 8 AÑOS QUE ESTÁ SOLO en esa ciudad...busca parientes en todo Chile favor de copiar y pega...

-En Constitución apareció CRISTIAN BEAS LOPEZ DE 16 AÑOS. Es enfermito ESTA SOLO en esa ciudad... busca parientes de todo chile. Has el favor de copiar y pegar!... hazlo no te cuesta nada


Contact: Maria Rivera C., F/ 56 - 2 - 374 5116

Additional analysis, Council on Hemispheric Affairs:

“Chile’s Re-opened Human Rights Investigations and Piñera’s Balancing Act.”

(Earthquake jars Santiago, preceding a turnover in government and anticipating a paradigm shift in the nation’s values.)

http://www.coha.org/chile’s-re-opened-human-rights-investigations-and-pinera’s-balancing-act/

Naomi Klein, “Chile's Socialist Rebar.”

(Which economic ideology deserves credit for Chile’s building codes?  Klein’s answer is not surprising, but well argued nonetheless.)

http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2010/03/chiles-socialist-rebar

BBC footage from Talcahuano, on the coast near Concepción:

Earlier BBC footage from the coast:

Links for people interested in helping out:

http://www.google.com/intl/es/relief/chileearthquake/

http://ko-kr.facebook.com/group.php?gid=337311026167&ref=mf

http://noticias.prodigy.msn.com/internacional/articulo.aspx?cp-documentid=23556259

http://chileayuda.com/


http://www.untechoparachile.cl/


“Terremoto en Chile: ¿Cómo ayudar al pueblo mapuche?” (Mapuchenoticias.com)

http://www.mapuchenoticias.com/2010/03/terremoto-en-chile-como-ayudar-al.html


http://www.cooperativa.cl/
(Radio Cooperativa de Chile—información)

Specifically for Donations

-Cruz Roja: N° cuenta corriente: 362883 Banco Estado a nombre de: Cruz Roja Chilena

-Caritas Chile: N° cuenta corriente: 0-082-18-00080-1 Banco Santander RUT: 70.020.800-1

-Exterior: Las donaciones serán canalizadas por Unicef y por Direct Relief International. Se puede donar en el siguientes sitio:

www.google.com/intl/es/relief/chileearthquake/

(español)

http://www.google.com/intl/es/relief/chileearthquake/

-U.S.A: Donaciones por mensaje de texto. Por favor difundir! Enviar un SMS con texto “CHILE” al 20222 o al 25383 para donar US 10 a Habitat for Humanity o a World Vision.