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June 11, 2018 Young, Escaped Venezuelan Opposition Leader: 'We Have To Organize The Diaspora'
Last month Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro won another six year term in an election widely considered fraudulent. He tightened his authoritarian socialist regime's hold on Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves on the globe but is suffering the world's worst economic collapse today. As a result, Venezuela experts say the opposition to Maduro desperately needs new leadership.
5 min
June 04, 2018 Medellín's Narco Tours: Legitimate History Or Offensive Glorification Of Monsters?
Medellín is one of the century's most impressive comeback stories. Colombia's second largest city was once synonymous with the late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and drug cartel terrorism. Today it's a modern, thriving - and mostly peaceful - metropolis. But Medellín still can't shake its bloody reputation, as evidenced by the popularity of 'narco tours,' which show visitors key sites from the city's criminal past.
5 min
June 01, 2018 Escape de Venezuela: ¿Han olvidado los colombianos que ellos también fueron refugiados alguna vez?
CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | La casa de Angélica Lamos es uno de los pocos lugares en Cúcuta donde se puede oir a los niños refugiados venezolanos reír en vez de llorar. De hecho, los niños chillan de placer jugando con globos en el patio de la casa mientras el ritmo alegre de una cumbia se cuela desde el café de la esquina. No están desnutridos. No están enfermos. La espaciosa casa de Lamos en el barrio cucutano de La Ermita, no muy lejos de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela, perteneció a su padre.
8 min
June 01, 2018 Escape de Venezuela: Expatriados en Sur de Florida evaden el régimen para enviar dinero, medicinas
CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | No es fácil para Jesús Mendoza hablar de todas las cosas que ha tenido que vender para comprar medicinas - medicinas que lo mantienen con vida. Jesús recibió un transplante de riñón y tiene que tomar medicinas para no rechazar el órgano, sin importar cuánto cuestan. Y como Jesús vive en Venezuela, el precio es frecuentemente astronómico. Esta es la segunda parte de la serie "Escape de Venezuela." Lea la primera parte. El colapso económico del país, una combinación desastrosa
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June 01, 2018 Escape de Venezuela: Refugiados tocan puertas pidiendo comida - y atención internacional
CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | Así suena la crisis de refugiados huyendo de Venezuela: los puños, nudillos y las manos abiertas de venezolanos indigentes -y sobretodo hambrientos- tocando las puertas de metal de las estaciones de ayuda humanitaria establecidas en la ciudad de Cúcuta, en el lado colombiano de la frontera. Dentro de la misión ubicada en la iglesia católica Scalabrini, el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas está inscribiendo a tantos venezolanos como puede en el programa de
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May 28, 2018 Escape From Venezuela: Do Colombians Forget They Were Once The Refugees?
CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | Angélica Lamos’ house is one of the few places in Cúcuta where Venezuelan refugee children are heard laughing instead of crying. The children are squealing, in fact, as they play at night in the breezy courtyard, jaunty cumbia music wafting in from an open-air cafe on the corner. They’re not malnourished. They’re not sick.
8 min
May 21, 2018 Escape From Venezuela: South Florida Expats Pivot Past Regime With Money, Meds
This is the second of a three-part WLRN series, called “Escape From Venezuela.” Read Part One . CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | It’s not easy for Jesús Mendoza to talk about all the things he’s had to sell to buy medicine – life-saving medicine. Jesús is a kidney transplant patient. He has to procure his organ anti-rejection medications, no matter the price. And because Jesús lives in Venezuela, that price is often astronomical.
8 min
May 14, 2018 Escape From Venezuela: Refugees Banging On Doors For Food – And World's Attention
First of a three-part WLRN series, "Escape From Venezuela" CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA | This is what the Venezuelan refugee crisis sounds like: the fists, knuckles and open palms of destitute – and above all hungry – Venezuelan migrants pounding on the metal gates of humanitarian relief stations here in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta.
8 min
April 24, 2018 Is Your Spanish – Spanish? Study Finds Miami Prefers Accent From Spain Over Cuba, Colombia
The rhythms of the Spanish language have contributed a lot to the sound of South Florida, where more than two million people speak the language. Immigrants from Colombia to Cuba to Venezuela have made vale and dale part of the region’s everyday talk.
7 min
April 17, 2018 Cuba's New President Won't Be Named Castro. But Will Anything Else Really Change?
On Wednesday, Cuba may have a new president, elected by the National Assembly. (The election session had been scheduled to start Thursday, but the government moved it up a day.) “Election” is a relative term here – Cuba is a communist state – but something does set it apart.
5 min

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In South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean are a local story - and the Latin America Report, which was a weekly WLRN feature from 2013 to 2023, looked at how the two often intersected and…