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Cheating Chilean Miner Offered $100,000 to Be Spokesman For Website
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Cheating Chilean Miner Offered $100,000 to Be Spokesman For Website

By Mariela Rosario | 10/21/2010 - 15:23 | 0 Comments

Ashleymadison.com, a website specializing in promoting marital infidelity recently offered rescued Chilean miner Yonni Barrios $100,000 to become their new spokesman.

Barrios first gained attention when it was discovered that both his wife, Marta Salinas and his mistress,Susana Valenzuela ...

POLL: Should the Chilean Miners be Paid for their Stories?
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POLL: Should the Chilean Miners be Paid for their Stories?

By Mariela Rosario | 10/18/2010 - 11:48 | 0 Comments

The Chilean miners have faced intense media scrutiny since their rescue last week, and for some of them, the relentless press attention is more frightening than the 69 days they suffered underground.

Intimate details of the miner's ordeal have yet to emerge, with the men saying they signed a pact of secrecy about their entrapment and subsequent rescue. While leaving...

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Lost & Found: 5 Heroic Stories of Survival in Latin America

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 10/15/2010 - 11:35 | 0 Comments

The Chilean miners’ inspiring story of heroic survival and rescue is undoubtedly one for the ages. But Latin America has long captured worldwide attention for dramatic events—whether massive natural or manmade disasters and daring rescues—before. Here...

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Update: Natalie Morales Reports From Chile

By Stacey Rivera | 10/11/2010 - 14:21 | 1 Comment

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Natalie Morales on the Trapped Chilean Miners: "They should be free by October 15th"

By Mariela Rosario | 10/04/2010 - 14:30 | 0 Comments

Natalie Morales recently returned from Chile, where she spent time with the friends and families of the trapped miners. She talked to Latina.com about the experience of the women who have been waiting for their men to be rescued and shared some insight into the makeshift community that they have built.

When asked what was the most notable...

Trapped Chilean Miner Proposes to Girlfriend

Trapped Chilean Miner Proposes to Girlfriend

By Mariela Rosario | 08/31/2010 - 15:11 | 0 Comments

Chilean miner Esteban Rojas—who has been trapped underground since the mine he was working in collapsed on August 5th—may have just won himself the honor of delivering the most dramatic proposal ever.

As family members of the trapped miners gathered around to see their loved ones on video and speak to them for the first time since the accident, Rojas...

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