It has been a heroic week for the Chileans. President Pinera is coming to Britain today - urging this country and the rest of the world to view Chile in a different light after the mine rescue. Isabel Allende, the Chilean writer who now lives in the US was among those who went to the mine to lend support. The Today Programme reached her in an airport lounge and she told Today presenter Justin Webb, .

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