2010 in Chile

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Events in the year 2010 in Chile.

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A building in Concepción collapses after the earthquake.

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Rescued miner Luis Urzúa and President Sebastián Piñera.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Chile</span> Historical development of Chile

The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony between 1540 and 1818, when it gained independence from Spain. The country's economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpeter and later copper. The wealth of raw materials led to an economic upturn, but also led to dependency, and even wars with neighboring states. Chile was governed during most of its first 150 years of independence by different forms of restricted government, where the electorate was carefully vetted and controlled by an elite.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastián Piñera</span> Former President of Chile

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Prison in Chile are generally poor. Prisons often are overcrowded and antiquated, with substandard sanitary conditions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Chile blackout</span>

The 2010 Chile blackout was an electric power outage that affected most of Chile on March 14, 2010. It began at 8:44 pm on Sunday and continued into the next day. The power was restored in a few hours in some areas, and by midnight in most areas, except in the Biobío Region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Copiapó mining accident</span> Cave-in and miner rescue at a mine in Atacama Region, Chile

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known then as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. Thirty-three men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance, and were rescued after 69 days.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurence Golborne</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">San José Mine</span> Copper-gold mine in Atacama Region, Chile

The San José Mine is a small copper-gold mine located near Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile. The mine became known internationally for its collapse in 2010, which trapped 33 miners 700 metres (2,300 ft) underground. Its workings are reached by a long sloping roadway with many spiral turns, not by a vertical mineshaft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Willcox</span> British journalist for BBC News (born 1963)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reaction to the 2010 Copiapó mining accident</span>

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<i>Fénix</i> capsules

The Fénix capsules were three metallic containers that were used for the rescue of 33 trapped miners after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, and are an enhanced version of the Dahlbusch Bomb. The capsules were constructed by Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (ASMAR),, who named it Fénix (Phoenix).

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The 2010 Santiago prison fire occurred in the San Miguel prison in Santiago, Chile on 8 December 2010, in which 81 inmates were killed, making it the country's deadliest prison incident.

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile. The accident left 33 men trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days. All 33 men were rescued and brought to the surface on 13 October 2010 over a period of almost 24 hours. After the last trapped miner was winched to the surface, the rescue workers still underground held up a sign before the camera stating "Misión cumplida Chile" to the estimated more than 1 billion people watching the rescue on live television around the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Pichilemu earthquakes</span> 6.9 and 7.0 MW intraplate earthquakes 2010 in Chile

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<i>The 33</i> 2015 film by Patricia Riggen

The 33 is a 2015 biographical disaster-survival drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten, Michael Thomas, and José Rivera. The film is based on the real events of the 2010 Copiapó mining disaster, in which a group of thirty-three miners were trapped inside the San José Mine in Chile for 69 days. The film stars Antonio Banderas as trapped miner Mario Sepúlveda.

Alfred Philip "Alf" Cooper is an evangelical Anglican bishop in Chile. He was consecrated as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Chile and, after the recognition of the Anglican Church of Chile as an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion in 2018, he continued as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Santiago. Cooper served as chaplain to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera during his first term.

References

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