At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an unlicensed mine in southern Colombia, local officials say. Witnesses described hearing what they said sounded like an explosion at the open-air artisanal gold mine on Wednesday afternoon, moments before the workers below were trapped. But a local official said
Efraín Gallego does not lose faith that his brother will be found alive, although when he speaks about him, trapped beneath the rubble of a building, his voice breaks and he swallows hard until he regains his composure. “You feel anguish. Every time there is an alert about someone being alive, hope is reborn that
London-based Chilean-Indian director Shalini Adnani’s debut feature, “Our Share of Sand,” about a 12-year-old girl named Maya who returns to rural India to reconnect with her estranged father, is among the featured entries in the upcoming Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week. The section, dedicated to debut films from around the world, also includes two titles
Thousands of people in Colombia have been “forcibly disappeared,” as the euphemistic expression goes, since conflicts began in the mid-1960s between the Colombian government and various paramilitary and guerrilla groups. This reality is well known, and has been for some time; an awareness that, over such a long period of time, can mitigate the horror