Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is already in Latin America where she will be visiting Chile and other countries in the regions. She intends to show solidarity with that country amid its earthquake disaster.
Clinton spoke in Montevideo where she attended the inauguration of new Uruguayan President José Mújica.
Rescue workers are tearing through the rubble in search of survivors in Chile two days after a massive earthquake shattered the country’s central region. The 8.8 magnitude quake struck the South American country Saturday in the early morning hours. Rescuers continue searching for survivors after one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history rocked Chile, killing more than 700 people while leaving untold numbers missing and 2 million displaced, wounded or otherwise affected.
By Santiago Trillo.
The United States is still derided as a “young”, “inexperienced” nation -as opposed to the “wise”, “experienced”, “cultivated” Europe- or, worse still, made responsible for all that is evil in the world, from poverty to global warming, from terrorism to financial crisis. This is the price America pays for being the most successful [...]
