The world marks International Women’s Day on Monday, an annual celebration that highlights their economic, political and social achievements.

Mourners at church in this coastal town came to honor Constitucion’s dead — those crushed when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake flattened buildings and others washed away by the tsunami that followed last month.

Chile marks three days of mourning starting Sunday, with every house authorized to hang the national flag in memory of those who perished in a massive earthquake a week ago.

There are days working for CNN when you feel like you are in the final scene of the film “Hotel Rwanda,” hurtling toward an uncertain salvation from a disaster of epic proportions.

Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas, with a local television station hoping to raise $27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake.

An 8.8-magnitude quake hit south central Chile on Saturday morning, and tremors rattled cities as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I live.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Friday in earthquake-damaged Chile, which endured two more strong aftershocks while working to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Chile, which endured two more strong aftershocks Friday as it worked to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Two strong aftershocks shook parts of Chile on Friday morning, hours before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was to meet with Chilean President Michele Bachelet and her successor.