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US Oil Blockade on Venezuela will be "devastating" for civil society
Advocates of the plan have argued that impacts on civilians will be minimal: those assertions are not backed up by facts on the ground
Dec 25 • Joshua Collins
We should fear tyranny not migrants
Fears about migration are being fabricated to impose authoritarianism around the world
Dec 21 • Joshua Collins
Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
Dec 11 • Joshua Collins
Honduran elections were a mess: no one knows who is president
The country's election authority seems to be anything but an authority on elections
Dec 9 • Joshua Collins
Any new government in Venezuela would find hostile actors on their doorsteps
A plethora of armed groups in the borderlands are capable of sowing chaos, but for the ELN, resistance would be personal
Dec 5 • Joshua Collins
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Gentrification Spurs Cocaine Surge in Medellín
Sep 9, 2023 • Joshua Collins
The Rubio and Trump story over Venezuelan boat bombing is full of holes — and fabrications
Sep 7 • Joshua Collins
On Machismo, Misogyny, and Murder in Mexico
Mar 8 • Daniela.
Ecuador goes to "War" against crime, but will it work?
Jan 17, 2024 • Joshua Collins

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The Final ICE Capade: The Last Roundup
One year into a project that started out as a weekly documenting ICE actions, we are realizing we are gonna need a bigger boat
Nov 23 • Joshua Collins
Colombian military kills 7 children in strike on rebel forces
The incident has ignited a political firestorm for Petro, who promised to bring “Total Peace,” but has instead often relied on the military strategies…
Nov 16 • Joshua Collins
The favorite candidate of Colombia’s left would continue “lunatic” president’s policies
Ivan Cepeda says he will continue to oppose US violence in South America
Nov 5 • Joshua Collins
U.S boat bombings move to the Pacific: killing Venezuelans on hold for now
Following a diplomatic crisis with Colombia after Petro denounced murdered fishermen, US puts Venezuela on the back burner, for now
Nov 3 • Joshua Collins
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Cold War fever: US targets Colombia and Venezuela
Rubio and Trump seek the power to kill who they want, when they want, and they don't think they owe you an explanation
Oct 22 • Joshua Collins

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US designates EGC, Colombia’s largest illegal armed group, as foreign terrorist organization
Often called the 'Clan del Golfo' by Western media, the group allegedly has more than 9,000 members
Dec 17
Chile Veers hard-right
The new president is an admirer of Pinochet, and his father was a Nazi
Dec 15 • Joshua Collins
ELN announces ‘armed strike’ in response to Trump’s “threats of Imperialist Intervention” in Colombia
The 72-hour lockdown will be viewed as a barometer of how much power the armed group can deploy
Dec 13 • Joshua Collins
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Much noise and little fury in Venezuela. Honduras trying to figure out who the president is, and a new poll in Colombia shows the left with huge lead…
Dec 1 • Joshua Collins
The Big Story to Watch This Week
There's really only one: Venezuela. Just sound and fury or is regime change brewing?
Nov 24 • Joshua Collins
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