While President Gustavo Petro has proposed putting an end to the war on drugs, his policy decisions have been far less ambitious — and few move Colombia closer to that end. My take on Petro's drug policy ideas for The Dial Magazine thedial.world/issue-14/colom…

🫓 Reports of high voting turnout throughout Venezuela. This is the queue outside a polling station in the small Andean town of Seboruco, Táchira, at 6:50 am.

Steps away from a voting station in Colombia’s capital, hundreds of Venezuelans celebrate as they await the presidential election results.

From Olympic Paris! Meet Fadi Deeb: the only Palestinian in the Paralympics and the only member of the Palestinian delegation from Gaza. Written The Nation with Jules Boykoff thenation.com/article/societ…

17-year-old Ángel Barajas once startled his neighbors in the Colombian town of Cúcuta by jumping off fences near his home. Now, he's won a silver medal in men's horizontal bar at the Paris Olympic Games. My story on the teen gymnast for NPR npr.org/sections/goats…

President Nicolás Maduro’s forces have arrested children as young as 13, rights advocates say. More than 100 remain in custody weeks after Venezuelans began protesting his suspect victory claim. wapo.st/4707eeu

Two Colombian nationals are facing extradition to the U.S. for their alleged role in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the disappearance at sea of dozens of migrants. nbcnews.com/news/latino/ar…

“It seems that Maduro is leaving the door open for a more pragmatic approach from the Trump administration,” said Laura Dib, WOLA's Director for #Venezuela in an interview with Christina Noriega Al Jazeera English Read the article👇 aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/…

Maduro is a survivor but he faces his toughest fight yet as he prepares for a third term. Lurking in the shadows is the history of Latin American strongmen, from Chile's Pinochet to Peru's Fujimori, who rode out disputed elections — and ousted soon after. apnews.com/article/venezu…

At least 16 people arrested today amid protests in Venezuela.

‘Much more persecution’ On Friday, Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is set to start a third term. Will his inauguration continue his post-election crackdown on dissent? aje.io/gvc4ny

1/ Here is a thread 🧵related to Venezuelans in🇺🇸: According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisions (data updated on Feb 1, 2025), 84.7% of the immate population in U.S. prisions is of U.S. nationality. Venezuelans are not even in the top 4 nationalities. bop.gov/about/statisti…

They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum. Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama. Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:

Originating in rural Black towns in Colombia, Pacific music is central to everyday life, & Discos Pacífico is bringing it to the world. remezcla.com/features/music…

News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees. “From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”

New dark chapter in American history just dropped: Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense. It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. 1/3 whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Hablamos con familiares de varios venezolanos deportados a El Salvador, acusados de ser miembros del Tren de Aragua. ¿El común denominador? Todos tenían tatuajes: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Breaking news: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from sending anyone with a final deportation order to a country where they are not a citizen without first giving them a “meaningful opportunity” to seek humanitarian protection in the U.S. wapo.st/4hNgSVz

“The idea that there would be a [prisoner] trade should be loathsome to anyone who actually cares about human rights,” said Christopher Sabatini theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

As Latin America fights gender-based violence, Colombia is introducing laws to support children orphaned by femicide. aljazeera.com/news/longform/…