Mostly in Santiago the aftershock is all political conflict. Warning systems and communication failed, the President reported when she shouldn't have and was misinformed by the Armada about their not being a tsunami even though there had already been several. Reluctance to send military aid because of political historical conflicts between the left and the military.... That's the cleanup in Santiago. There are still aftershocks (apparently they'll continue for at least 2 months) and occasional buildings evacuated because they are discovered to be about to fall. The grocery stores are rather empty and people are attempting to resell things to make money. Everyone still talks about nothing else even though everyone is sick of it (and not to sounds callous, it's just that much of the way it is talked about aggravates the conflict instead of supplying aid to those in need).....
It takes really good leadership to encourage people to cooperate and work together to solve the problems. A crisis like this opens up old wounds. The problems are political but beyond that, on a human level, when fear is stronger than compassion the political impulse is less than humane.
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