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Venezuela Bans Election Frontrunner From Office
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Venezuela Bans Election Frontrunner From Office
The 15-year decision raises questions about elections, sanctions and what comes next
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Joshua Collins
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Adventure Tourism in the Darien Inspired a Social Media Firestorm: and Misinformation
We spoke with a journalist who has worked in the deadly migration corridor about what is really going on
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Joshua Collins
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Truth Commission Report shines light on Colombian government atrocities
The 5-year study recommends a complete structural overhaul of public forces as well as an end to the Drug Wars
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Joshua Collins
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Ecuador National Strike - PWS PODCAST
Blockaded highways and a capital under siege. We explain it
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Daniela.
This Argentine "university" was actually a crypto ponzi scheme
What does the Generación Zoe scandal tell us about savings, crypto and aspiration amid Argentina's economic omnishambles?
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Amy Booth
Who the *BLEEP* is Rodolfo Hernandez? The possible next president of Colombia
Listen now (19 min) | We spoke with three experts for a deep dove on what that might mean
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Joshua Collins
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Elections in Colombia: the big explainer
We explain what's in store, where the country is headed and why the situation is so tense ahead of presidential elections
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Daniela.
Finding the "Disappeared"- a search for reconciliation in Colombia
This group of ex guerilla investigators try to bring closure to victims of the war as new conflict surges
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Joshua Collins
Will the US start buying Venezuelan oil again?
Resuming exports might bolster the Bolivarian nation's bank balance, but recovering from the humanitarian crisis will take years
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Amy Booth
Shooting of Chilean journalists underscores challenges for president Boric
Can the young president deliver on his promises of a transformation towards social justice?
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Paulo Rosas Chávez
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Amy Booth
The Protests that changed Colombia
One year after a bloody crackdown on the biggest national strike in 50 years, justice still has not been served and victims of police violence face…
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Joshua Collins
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Daniela.
Journalists flee El Salvador amid Bukele's Tyranny of Censorship (BTC)
Many of the more than 13,000 arrested as supposed gang members may actually be innocent civilians, and journos are being threatened
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Joshua Collins
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