At least 14 people have died in a mine collapse in El Callao, Venezuela, following torrential rains in the southeast region.

Efforts are under way to recover bodies from the shafts in the south of the country, emergency officials said.

Codelco chairman Maximo Pacheco has called the type of collapse that killed six miners at Chile’s El Teniente mine on 31 July ...

At least 14 miners were killed after heavy rains caused a gold mine to collapse near El Callao in southern Venezuela, officials said.

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Venezuela is full of copper, diamond and other precious metal mining, where unsafe working conditions are common in the ...