Monday, July 24, 2006

Middle East Crisis: Chilean military plane with 85 Latin American evacuees lands in Chile

A Chilean military plane with 85 Latin American people from Lebanon on board arrived in the Chilean capital yesterday (Sunday). On board were 51 Chileans, 11 Peruvians, 10 Cubans, 8 Venezuelans, 2 Colombians, 2 Salvadorans and one Bolivian. The evacuees had left Lebanon by land and boarded the plane in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Those without entry visas are be allowed to stay in Chile while the procedure for getting visas were underway.