John Otis
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Opposition leader Juan Guaidó vowed to form a provisional government that would hold elections and offered amnesty to military officers who help. But there are no reports of new troop rebellions.
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Venezuelan migrants come into contact with Colombian guerrillas after crossing the river border. The migrants have turned up among captured and killed rebels, a Colombian military commander tells NPR.
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Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have fled to the Caribbean country in recent years. Now Trinidad's government is adopting a harder line toward the newcomers.
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The government wants farmers to uproot coca plants, whose leaves are used to make cocaine — with the promise of money, seeds and technology to help raise everything from peppercorns to pigs.
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Under Colombia's peace deal, FARC guerrillas turned over their weapons to the United Nations. Now many of them lie in the ground of a Bogotá museum.
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The country's rising cocaine production has alarmed Washington, which has spent more than $10 billion over nearly two decades to attack the illegal drug trade in Colombia.
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Venezuelans rely on money sent from relatives working outside the country. But new rules and currency problems mean that now some have to leave the country themselves to receive the cash.
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NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with reporter John Otis about an alleged assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a speech on Saturday.
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Ivan Duque won the presidency of Colombia Sunday. The conservative campaigned against the peace process with the leftist FARC movement. Duque defeated former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro.
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Colombia held its first presidential elections this past weekend since the end of the country's half-century old guerilla war. Two candidates will now face-off in a run-off election next month.
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Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won a place in Colombia's June presidential runoff against leftist Gustavo Petro. That has some worried that a fragile peace pact with Marxist rebels could unravel.
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Defying an election boycott, opposition candidate Henri Falcón wants to repair ties with Washington and dollarize the economy.