Mientras tanto, Venezuela le ha ofrecido refugio a Aristide, quien se encuentra en Jamaica.

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Lagunillas has three lifts and 13 runs, a good ski school, a single refugio (mountain refuge) which can accommodate some 30 skiers, and a convivial family atmosphere, quite different from the larger commercial resorts.

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Jose Ojeda penned the note "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33" ("We are okay in the refuge, the 33 of us") which was discovered attached to a probe 17 days after the mine collapse.

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Mario Gomez - at 63 the oldest of the men, who has been in the mining industry since the age of 12 - wrote the now famous note: "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 - All 33 of us are fine in the refuge".

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