GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2010.  Oxfam is today sending a team of water engineers  and logisticians from Colombia and senior humanitarian staff from its centre in Mexico in response to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile today. Oxfam is also contacting partners in the country so that the agencies response[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is keeping a close eye on the situation in the Pacific Ocean after a huge earthquake rocked Chile this morning, threatening to send tsunamis crashing through the region. “The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to those who have lost family[Read More…]

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet gives an account of the earthquake damage in the country. Video from CNN.

An earthquake destroyed bridges and ripped massive cracks into a roadway near Champa, Chile. Video from CNN.

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2010. We are closely monitoring reports from Chile and across the Pacific rim, and our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have loved ones affected by this tragedy. The United States stands ready to provide necessary assistance to Chile in the days and weeks ahead[Read More…]

  Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  President Obama made the following statement on the earthquake in Chile and preparations for a possible tsunami that could reach American shores later today: Good morning, everybody.  Earlier today, a devastating earthquake struck the nation of Chile, affecting millions of people.  This catastrophic event was[Read More…]

CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2010.  The death toll from this morning’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile has now risen to 147.  Three of the deaths have been attributed to a tsunami wave hitting a Chilean coastal town. Several aftershocks have been reported and felt as far away as Argentina.  Major structural damage[Read More…]

CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2010.  The U.S. Geological Survey has reported that an 8.8 magnitude earthquake has hit south of Chile’s capital around 3:30 a.m. local time.  Seventy-eight deaths have been reported and it is anticipated that the toll could rise.  Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has declared a “state of catastrophe.” Santiago’s[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)(3)s on the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 February 2010 – Haiti – the country most affected by HIV in the Caribbean region – needs the world’s support in bolstering its defence against the spread of AIDS in the wake of last month’s catastrophic earthquake, according to a United Nations report. “It is unprecedented to have[Read More…]