The Women of Calama: Searching in the desert

The Women of Calama: Searching in the desert

For nearly 20 years, the women of Calama traveled into the desert each day to search for their loved ones. Monday through Sunday, sun-up to sundown, they scoured the harsh desert earth with strainers and rakes. Searching and hoping.  The crunch of the ground beneath their feet. The harsh wind whipping at their clothes. The hot sun on their faces. “For us there was no wind, there was no cold, there was no heat, there was no hunger,” Violeta Berrí…