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Chilean Women Lock Themselves In 9,000 ft Deep Mine
Hispanic News ^ | November 16th 2010 | Staff

Posted on 11/16/2010 4:05:22 PM PST by Cardhu

A group of 33 women has taken over the coal mine “Chiflón del Diablo” in Lota, close to Santiago de Chile.

The group is protesting massive layoffs from the Military Job Corps, and have threatened to start a hunger strike 3000 feet below ground, if their jobs are not restored.

The women descended this morning, and locked themselves at the heart of the mine, currently a tourist attraction. They decided to come down as a group of 33, seeking to pressure the government into responding to them the same way they responded to the miners of San José.

Reports indicate there are hundreds of supporters and sympathizers protesting and rallying outside the mine.

Javier Matamala, who is in charge of the mine said “this act must end in a pacific way, to avoid damages to this historic location”

More than 8,000 people have lost their jobs since the end of the employment stimulus program implemented by the government following February’s Earthquake.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chile; womeninmine
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To: null and void

Hey nully are you thinking of flying out there to comfort those distessed damsels.


21 posted on 11/16/2010 4:52:15 PM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu
...beep.beep.beep.beep....

Keep her coming...straighten up a little...back...back...HO...that'll do it...

Swing that trough around...that's good...

...OK...start the concrete...sluooosh...


22 posted on 11/16/2010 6:11:37 PM PST by moovova (Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
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To: bvw
Sounds like a good opening for some end-of-the world disaster movie. 33 Women and a handful of men in a nearby mine are all that is left of humanity.

How much you want to bet that these women are NOT the sort that any man would want to sleep with?

23 posted on 11/16/2010 6:21:36 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: PapaBear3625

True ....

It’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mines


24 posted on 11/16/2010 6:31:48 PM PST by bvw
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To: Cardhu

Two thoughts on this one:

First, it’s an odd thing to do in a country that just finished working for months to rescue miners trapped deep underground in a cave-in.

Second, “out of sight, out of mind!”


25 posted on 11/16/2010 6:42:12 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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26 posted on 11/17/2010 12:35:44 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Life is God's gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to God. Make it a fantastic one.)
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http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=12117

27 posted on 11/17/2010 12:37:29 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Life is God's gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to God. Make it a fantastic one.)
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To: I see my hands
It will be like a giant slumber party. They are probably all wearing sheer teddies and practicing kissing.


28 posted on 11/17/2010 12:41:44 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Life is God's gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to God. Make it a fantastic one.)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil

You know I haven’t actually seen a picture of the men from the mine.

What a waste.


29 posted on 11/17/2010 10:12:33 AM PST by BenKenobi (DonÂ’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.)
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