SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won’t abandon them, a day after she announced early retirement benefi ts for just under half of them.
President Sebastian Pinera’s wife Cecilia Morel said Tuesday
that 14 of the miners who are at least 50 years old or suffer from health problems that prevent them from working will receive lifetime pensions of about $540 a month.
 
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