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With "the 33" Up and Out for 1 Year, Chileans Tweet to Tell Gov. to Get a Move On
Twitter users are calling upon the government to reignite the spirit of that coordination effort. They say politicians needs to unite once again to fix problems plaguing Chile.
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authenticated user CorresponsalThousands flocked to the city center of Copiapó, Chile today. They gathered to remember the incredible rescue one year ago of 33 miners trapped
underground for 69 days. Many more typed their respects using online
media. Twitter users are calling upon the government to reignite the
spirit of that coordination effort. They say politicians needs to unite
once again to fix problems plaguing Chile.
Harking back to the national feeling of togetherness from October 13 of
last year, Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera (@sebastianpinera)
tweeted:
“The 33 miners were taught a great lesson in the difficult moments of unity and solidarity are key to overcoming adversity."
Gonzalo Maza,(@tengochicle) wrote that the government should do just
that to work with Chile’s protesting students. Their progress is
creeping forward considering the speedy government action during the
rescue according to Maza. He tweeted:
“A year ago, the government made extraordinary efforts to rescue the
miners. Now, they don’t have the capacity to move a centimeter for the
students.”
Twitter user, Don Gato (@rhon2008), thinks that attention should be
focused on mining disaster stories sans photogenic happy ending. He
tweeted:
“27 miners have died this year in accidents, apart from the 33. It was
used publicity for the government without resulting in any laws of
protection.”
Jorge Añez (@Jorge_Anez) remains less than impressed with the government’s efforts to improve working conditions. He tweeted:
“Spectacular rescue, but it didn’t spawn a change that we’d hoped for in the working conditions #mineros #chilenos”
But the national solidarity Chile felt for its 33 fellow countrymen,
forced to overcome the unthinkable, hasn’t evaporated on FaceBook. The “Fuerzas Hermanos Mineros de la Mina San Jose, de Copiapo” FaceBook page still boasts 52,429 fans. “Yo tambien apoyo a los 33 mineros Chileons atrapados” survived this year's FaceBook spring cleaning. It still has 87,695 “likes.”
While politicians and visitors laid down the first rocks of a new
memorial reservoir today, social media users pitched in their two-cents
about where, how and why the government needs to construct new policies.