World Aug 12 Earthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers as they race against the clock Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the temblor razed buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars.
World Aug 11 As search for thousands of missing pushes on, Colombia earthquake tests new president Rescue crews and civilians in Colombia painstakingly searched through rubble Tuesday in the hopes of finding survivors trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing in dozens of cities and towns.
World Aug 11 Colombia searches for over 3,000 missing after powerful earthquake kills at least 179 Mayors and governors from Cali, Pereira, Choco and Manizales said Tuesday at least 179 people died in those four areas during Monday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
World Jun 11 Recovering in hospital, child survivors share harrowing details of 40 days in Amazon The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died.