Peru donates aid to Chile following magnitude 8.8 earthquake

Presidential Cabinet Chief Javier Velásquez said Monday Peru is planning to send three planes to transport health professionals and humanitarian aid to assist neighboring Chile following the massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck that country early Saturday morning. The planes will also be used to repatriate Peruvians living in Chile who have been displaced.

18 months after magnitude-8 earthquake, only one school rebuilt in Pisco

Of the province of Pisco’s 50 public schools - partially damaged or destroyed by the magnitude-8 earthquake that ravaged Peru’s southern coast on Aug. 15, 2007, only one has been rebuilt and has reopened on time for classes set to begin in early March, reported daily El Comercio on Wednesday. “With the excuse that reconstruction would be [...]