Most of the destruction in the 2010 Chile Earthquake was caused by people themselves: looting, arson and violence. The Bachelet administration was hesitant to

Most of the destruction in the 2010 Chile Earthquake was caused by people themselves: looting, arson and violence. The Bachelet administration was hesitant to mobilize the army due to the potential political cost (i.e.: bringing back memories of the Pinochet regime), so they took several days to make that decision and in the meantime things went completely out of control. The same administration was also hesitant to evacuate the residents in the Juan Fernandez Islands, effectively causing many of them to die when the tsunami wave hit.