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LATAM Conference illustrates consensus on Venezuela: isolation hasn't worked
Brazil's Lula criticized for Maduro comments, but even critics acknowledge previous policy has failed— and hurt Venezuela's neighbors
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Joshua Collins
May 2023
Former Guerillas Seek Peace Through Beer
A growing number of demobilized communist rebels have recently turned to a more civilian pursuit: brewing craft beer. Now they hope a divided country…
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Joshua Collins
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Ship’s Log: Peace Proves Elusive in Petro’s Colombia
Latest setbacks with two rebel groups illustrate a president who can’t seem to get out of his own way
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Joshua Collins
Publicly critical, privately joyful. Ecuador’s left reacts to Lasso’s “Crossed Death”
Will dissolution of the National Assembly lead to a left-resurgence in new elections, and perhaps even the return of Correa?
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Joshua Collins
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Lasso’s ‘Deadman’s Standoff’ in Ecuador
“Crossed Death” threats to dissolve the government, Albanian mobsters, and massive protests on the horizon
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Joshua Collins
Ship's Log: In Colombia Corruption is So Widespread Even the Fantastic is Mundane
Accusations of campaign 'dark money' illustrate the apathy of a public that has come to expect it
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Joshua Collins
The End of Title 42 is Going to Mean Chaos for Latin America
Biden's new migration policy brings military action in the Darien Gap, confusion in Colombia, bottlenecks in Central America, and a lot more…
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Joshua Collins
April 2023
The Spectre of Fentanyl in Colombia raises fears of a new crisis
The drug has increasingly been showing up in synthetic cocktails, but experts say an opioid epidemic similar to the US is unlikely
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Daniela.
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Argentina’s dollars are in a tailspin again
With inflation over 100%, rumours of devaluation and dollarization were a spark in the tinderbox
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Amy Booth
A pesar de 67 muertes de manifestantes y un índice de aprobación del 15%, es probable que Boluarte se aferre al poder en Perú
Las brutales medidas represivas, acuerdos desconocidos y un Congreso profundamente impopular le han permitido lograr lo que sus predecesores no…
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Paulo Rosas Chávez
Despite 67 protester deaths and an approval rating of 15%, Boluarte likely to hang on to power in Perú
Dysfunction and brutal crackdowns, unlikely alliances, and a deeply unpopular Congress have allowed her to accomplish what her predecessors have not…
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Paulo Rosas Chávez
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Ships Log: How borders dehumanize us
First hand observations from borderlands reporting in three countries over 7 years led me to one conclusion: borders kill
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Joshua Collins
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