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Colombia chief of staff, ambassador leave posts amid phone intercept scandal

The chief of staff for Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the country's ambassador in Venezuela will leave their posts, Petro said on Friday, as the prosecutor's office probes accusations of illegal phone intercepts of domestic staff.

Reuters

New era in Brazil-Venezuela ties: Lula welcomes back Nicolas Maduro on diplomatic stage

For the first time in nine years, leaders from the regional bloc formerly known as the Union of South American Nations have convened this week in Brazil. The gathering of these 11 countries has demonstrated a renewed spirit of cooperation. A notable highlight is Brazilian President Lula da Silva's meeting…

France 24

Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries

Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

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Two men arrested for killing woman to sell her eyeballs for $100

The mutilated body of Duibraska Andreína Rivas Romero was found in Venezuela’s Motatán River

The Independent UK

Lula's call for South American unity faces opposing views on Venezuela

Divergent views on Venezuela surfaced during a South American leaders' summit on Tuesday hosted by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of his efforts to unite the region's development and give it a stronger voice internationally.

Reuters

Maduro and Lula hit out at US sanctions on Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luis Inacio Lula de Silva on Monday assailed U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Maduro said he hopes a regional South American summit in Brasilia will call for their removal.

Reuters

Two men arrested for killing woman to sell her eyeballs for $100

The mutilated body of Duibraska Andreína Rivas Romero was found in Venezuela’s Motatán River

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South American's presidents gather in Brazil for first regional summit in 9 years

South America’s leaders will gather in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday as part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s attempt to reinvigorate regional integration efforts that have in the past floundered amid the continent’s political swings and polarization

The Independent UK

More Evidence that Biden's Private Sponsorship Migrant Parole Policy Reduced Illegal Migration by Making the Legal Kind Easier

A new study by the conservative Manhattan Institute concludes that the expansion of private sponsorship parole to migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela has reduced illegal migration across the southern border by about 98,000 per month.

Reason

‘Come, my princess’ — Venezuelan family, thanks to asylum, reunited in Chicago after 5 years apart

Frank Sandoval waited anxiously at O’Hare for his wife Carolina Alemán and daughter Massiel Sandoval. “Being with him again is simply the best thing that has happened to me in all these years,” the daughter said.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP PHOTOS: A proliferation of gold mines in Venezuela offers grueling, dangerous work

Venezuela is known to have the world’s largest oil reserves, but its soil holds another valuable resource: gold.

The Independent UK

Fair or foul? Team USA U12 player called out for missing home plate on grand slam

Team USA U12 won a comeback 25-24 game against Venezuela over the weekend, making up for a questionable call after a grand slam.

USA Today Sports Media Group

As migrants move into shelters, surrounding communities respond: ‘They have value’

CHICAGO -- On a recent sunny afternoon in Chicago's Woodlawn area, more than a dozen men from Venezuela gathered in a parking lot outside a shuttered elementary school that is now a shelter for migrants, kicking a soccer ball and blaring music from cars.

Chicago Tribune

US tells UN it will shield Venezuela humanitarian fund from creditors -sources

The U.S. has assured the United Nations that it will shield a proposed UN-administered Venezuela humanitarian fund from creditors, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, removing a key obstacle to getting the money flowing.

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Venezuela’s Opposition Square Off For Chance To Face President Maduro In 2024

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The Independent UK

Fewer Venezuelan arrivals lead to drop in illegal entries to US after pandemic asylum limits

U.S. officials say a 98% drop in Venezuelan arrivals has helped lead to a steep decline in migrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico since pandemic-related asylum limits expired last week

The Conversation

How China uses 'geostrategic corruption' to exert its influence in Latin America

Corruption has long been a scourge in parts of Latin America.

The Independent UK

Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states

More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s political, economic and social crisis began last decade

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The Week

Inside Venezuela’s oil corruption scandal

Dozens of business figures and politicians have been arrested so far this year in a £17bn corruption scandal that has rocked Venezuela and its state-run oil company.

Reuters

Venezuelan bills for power and water soar as subsidies cut back

Venezuelans are battling fast-rising utility bills as subsidies from the cash-strapped government dwindle, leaving many paying large chunks of their salaries for electricity and water despite regular blackouts and mains water shut-offs.

Sports Illustrated

Barroso Robbed of Junior Welterweight Title in Controversial Loss to Romero

The 40-year-old Venezuelan missed out on a massive upset—and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars—all because of the referee’s hasty decision.

The Independent UK

‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US

When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them

The Independent UK

'All we want is to be safe': Migrants push north after end of Title 42

Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws

WEKU

Migrants are frustrated with the border app, even after its latest overhaul

Immigration authorities touted a major update meant to improve CBP One, an app that's now the main authorized portal to seek asylum at the border. But migrants in Juárez say it's still not working.

Reuters

Faced with tougher U.S. policy, migrants in Mexico pin hopes on asylum app

Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. Now, she is trying another way she hopes will be easier: the U.S. asylum app.

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