Chile: Communication Failure

Posted 3 March 2010 3:32 GMT

Countries	Chile
Topics	Disaster
Languages	Spanish

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Español	· Chile: Falla de Comunicación

Jorge Barahona writes about the digital communication failure by the Chilean government [es] after the earthquake, who did not make best use of the tools available. However, he praised channels like Twitter and his 3G connection that allowed him to access information.

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