Job scarcity and the hope of striking it rich are driving women to pursue mining despite the grueling conditions. Colombian emeralds are highly valued globally, with the potential for significant ...

A country famed for its fine emeralds since the time of Cleopatra, Colombia has seen a significant increase in foreign direct investment over the past decade or two, with businesses from the United ...

MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of violence and environmental damage, former U.S. diplomat Charles Burgess admits that he got into the ...

For decades, women like Rosalba Canon were banned from Colombia's emerald mines: men said they brought bad luck. Canon and others like her have spent their lives as "guaqueras," or fortune hunters, ...