Archive for December 26th, 2010
Chile 2010 in Review
by www.artourismchile.com on December 26th, 2010
Perhaps no year in recent memory has tested the resolve of the Chilean people than the year 2010. Having long established its preeminent position among Latin American countries in terms of economic potency, transparent government, stability and quality of life for its residents, this year one of unexpected trial and tribulation for many Chileans, but one that has been with a resolve that eludes many nations of the world.Had April closed out the year, it would have already been one full of too many headlines for the Chilean people. On February 27th, an 8.8 MW earthquake shook the country to its core, among the highest registering quakes in the history of the statistic. In addition to the 500 lives lost, countless buildings were damaged, with estimates putting the total setback from the earthquake s somewhere between 15 and 30 billion dollars. Aftershocks continued on for weeks, the strongest of which occurring on March 11th, when three earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.9, 6.7 and 6.0 were all recorded within the same hour. By comparison, the devastating earthquake that wreaked catastrophic consequences for the island country of Haiti registered a magnitude of 7.0. More