Following this week's Quietus Essay exploring why music makes people cry, the Quietus writers and several artists select and discuss the songs that make them well up If you’ve read something you love ...

There aren’t many people who remember a column I penned six years ago. But Jesus Jara, former Clark County School District superintendent, is one of them. “I still remember the headline you wrote,” he ...

The Settlers simulates several different types of Westerns without committing to one mode. The set-up of Felipe Gálvez’s first feature is classic: Scottish soldier MacLennan (Mark Stanley), American ...

Jara is one of the most-loved and influential folk singers of Chile and was killed by backers of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting Chilean singer-songwriter ...

Joan Jara describes how she took years to piece together what happened to her husband after he was arrested by the Chilean military, shortly after the September 11, 1973 coup led by Augusto Pinochet.

She fled to exile in the UK with her two young daughters, taking Jara’s surname, and campaigning to raise awareness of her husband's death. Joan Jara (Photo Credit: AFP) follow us follow us Joan Jara, ...

FILE - In this undated file photo, singer and songwriter Victor Jara poses for a photo in Chile. A Chilean court on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, charged eight former army lieutenants in the killing of Jara ...

Oct. 13 (UPI) --A suspect accused of torturing and murdering Chilean folk singer Victor Jara following a 1973 violent right-wing military coup has been arrested in Florida. Chilean President Salvador ...

MIAMI - A Chilean national who's been wanted in that country in the killing of singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody in Florida, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Barrientos, a former military officer, was charged by a Chilean judge in 2012 in the brutal 1973 killing of Jara. “Barrientos will now have to answer the charges he’s faced with in Chile for his ...