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Gentrification Spurs Cocaine Surge in Medellín
An influx of digital nomads and ex-pats aren't just driving up rents, they're stimulating the city's black markets as well
 • Joshua Collins
The Rubio and Trump story over Venezuelan boat bombing is full of holes — and fabrications
The Tren de Aragua doesn't traffic drugs internationally. Is this an escalation in drug policy or simply importing the 'War on Terror' to the Americas?
 • Joshua Collins
On Machismo, Misogyny, and Murder in Mexico
Anecdotes from a Colombian woman on how Patriarchy harms women in her new homeland
 • Daniela.
Ecuador goes to "War" against crime, but will it work?
Experts suggest a militarized approach may bear results more akin to Colombia than El Salvador
 • Joshua Collins
Was Maduro handed over by his own team?
Some reporting suggests US attack on Caracas may not have come as much as a surprise to some Venezuelan officials as they are publicly claiming
 • Joshua Collins
7 Years of Covering Colombia has taught me one thing— Peace is messy
As an official ceasefire with the largest remaining rebel group approaches, I found myself reminiscing on all the stories I've been told
 • Joshua Collins
As ICE terrorizes the U.S, institutions are failing us. Citizenry must take the initiative
Tactics and strategies the U.S. helped develop as tools to fight terrorism abroad are being used again on the domestic population
 • Joshua Collins
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
 • Joshua Collins
ICE is a Terror organization
Formed based on counter-insurgency theory developed by paramilitaries during the Cold War, the organization's actions fit even the FBI's definition of…
 • 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
 • Joshua Collins
Is the US really going to bomb Venezuela?
If you had asked me a month ago, I would have responded, “Absolutely not.” Now I’m not so certain
 • Joshua Collins
Trump's Venezuela gambit may be a show, but it's ratcheting up pressure on civil society
Warship deployments, bounties, and aggressive rhetoric from the White House put Venezuela on "high alert"
 • Joshua Collins
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