Maybe it is because Chile and the rest are located at the other end of the planet, but their historic earthquake was really under-covered and the ol' BG doesn''t think much of a volcano, either.
But the miners, remember them?
"Chilean volcano still disrupting flights" June 14, 2011|Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES — The drifting plume of ash from Chile’s erupting volcano forced new cancellations of dozens of flights yesterday in Argentina, Uruguay, and other South American countries....
The cloud also has drifted across the Pacific Ocean, and most flights between Australia and New Zealand remained grounded....
Great. More debris in the air with radiation in the water.
Related: New Zealand earthquake June 2011
New Zealand quakes drive insurance market changes
Never saw anything in the Glob.
Chile’s Cordon Caulle volcano began erupting June 4. Since then, about 4,000 Chileans have been evacuated from the area....
And yet here I am reading about it ten days later, and it is the last I'll see of it in my Glob.
Airlines that travel through East Africa yesterday were keeping an eye on an ash cloud after a volcano eruption in Eritrea.
(Blog editor throws hands in air)
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"Report backs doubt on Allende suicide" by Associated Press / June 1, 2011
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s state television channel has reported that long-secret documents support the theory that President Salvador Allende may have been assassinated and did not commit suicide during the 1973 coup....
We don't need 40-year-old government documents to tell us that.
We all knew and know that is what happened!
Chile’s military announced during the Sept. 11, 1973, coup that the socialist president had killed himself with an AK-47 given to him by Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Allende was buried in a closed casket in a secretive nighttime ceremony with only his widow present....
Two forensics specialists who analyzed the more complete set of documents told TVN they believe more than ever that Allende was shot first through the face with a small-caliber weapon, and that an AK-47 blast smashed the top of his skull after he was already dead....
How do you do a suicide like that with a AK-47?
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Related: Another 9/11 Anniversary
Yeah, it was 9/11 before there was a 9/11. All to allow or install the war-criminal Pinochet.
Oh, now I see why paper keeps quiet about Chile.
Also see: Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean artist known for his lushly enhanced realism (By William Grimes, New York Times)
