Alexei Barrionuevo Nyt News Service

Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth here have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness and encouraging notes from their families waiting above.What they have not gotten is the difficult news: that it could take more than three mo...

Before setting out in a pink S.U.V. to comb the schoolyards and shopping malls of southern Brazil, Alisson Chornak studies books, maps and Web sites to understand how the towns were colonized and how European their residents might look today.

Chile's government, after initially waving off outside aid, changed course on Monday as the devastation from the powerful earthquake sunk in and the nation's pressing needs became clear.

Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth here have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness and encouraging notes from their families waiting above.What they have not gotten is the difficult news: that it could take more than three mo...

Before setting out in a pink S.U.V. to comb the schoolyards and shopping malls of southern Brazil, Alisson Chornak studies books, maps and Web sites to understand how the towns were colonized and how European their residents might look today.

Chile's government, after initially waving off outside aid, changed course on Monday as the devastation from the powerful earthquake sunk in and the nation's pressing needs became clear.