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Gustavo Petro, last Thursday appointed former senator Armando Benedetti as new ambassador to Venezuela, while Nicolás Maduro announced former foreign minister Félix Plasencia as new representative in Colombia. Gustavo Petro's Instagram.

Policy

U.S. gives Petro the ok

Colombia and Venezuela can reestablish relations.

August 17th, 2022

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Chile's goalkeeper Brayan Cortes (3rd-L) looks at Brazil's forward Luiz Henrique (4th-L) celebrates after he scores his team's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Chile and Brazil, at the National stadium in Santiago, on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP)

Soccer and society

More soccer in South America

October 11th, 2024

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Boric, Petro and Lula. Images taken from Boric X's account and videos of Petro and Lula from his Youtube account.

Elected officials

Petro, Boric, and Lula

September 25th, 2024

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Philadelphia’s Venezuelan community gathered at City Hall for a flag raising ceremony on July 6. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News.

212 years of independence

July 10th, 2023

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The video for 'No sé si salga el sol' was filmed in Dominican Republic. Photo: Instagram.

Medrano and Rawayana Reggae

November 30th, 2022

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File image of the Spanish ambassador to Venezuela, Jesús Silva Fernández, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 4, 2017.

Another ambassador expelled

January 26th, 2018

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A photo taken on Jan. 12, 2018, that shows one of the boxes of subsidized food sold to poor Venezuelans as part of the leftist government's CLAP (Local Committees for Supply and Production) program.

Complaints grow about…

January 15th, 2018

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Spanish former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L), Dominican President Danilo Medina (C) and Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas (R) attend a meeting between the Venezuelan government and opposition, at the Foreign Affairs ministry in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Jan. 12, 2018.

Venezuelan gov't,…

January 12th, 2018

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Demonstrators protest over shortages of gas, water and food for holiday meals, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 27, 2017.

Protests break out in…

December 28th, 2017

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President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Julio Borges (R), speaks with the Brazilian ambassador in Caracas, Ruy Carlos Pereira, during a visit to the Parliament in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 7, 2017.

Brazil declares persona non…

December 27th, 2017

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Spanish Andrea Gonzalez (L), a released political prisoner, smiles along with Jhosman Paredes, outside the Palace of Justice in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 26, 2017.

Released political…

December 27th, 2017

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An undated photograph showing a demonstrator holding a sign supporting freedom of the press during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela. EFE FILE

Heritage and History

Free Press Cornered

December 27th, 2017

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View of a medicine cabinet at a drugstore in Caracas, Venezuela on Apr. 14, 2016.

Venezuela lawmakers seek to…

December 20th, 2017

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Venezuelan opposition dismisses mayoral elections as fraudulent. The Vice President of the National Electoral Council Sandra Oblitas announces results of the Venezuelan municipal elections, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2017.

Venezuelan opposition…

December 11th, 2017

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Chef Judith Suzarra-Campbell. Photograph taken by Samantha Laub for AL DÍA News.

Meet Chef Judith of Sazón!

November 22nd, 2017

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Photo courtesy of Miraflores press by Venezuelan Vice President Tarek El Aissami (c), speaking during a meeting with national creditors from Europe, the United States and other parts of the world on Monday, November 13, 2017, in Caracas (Venezuela). EFE / Courtesy of Prensa Miraflores

Venezuela in default

November 15th, 2017

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Table members and witnesses participate in the closure of tables and audit of records, in an electoral center after the regional elections on Sunday, October 15, 2017, in Caracas, Venezuela. EFE / Cristian Hernández

Venezuela: game over

October 16th, 2017

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A classroom of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), in Caracas, Venezuela on Sept. 22, 2017. EPA-EFE/Miguel Gutierrez

More empty desks in…

September 29th, 2017

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Romy Díaz at our office on 1835 Market Street. Photo taken by Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News.

The Mentor The City Deserves

September 27th, 2017

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Two men rummaging through trash cans for something edible, in Caracas, Venezuela on Sept. 20, 2017. EPA-EFE/Miguel Gutierrez

Lack of Food in Caracas

September 26th, 2017

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El Presidente Donald Trump responde a las preguntas de la prensa a la salida del Marine One, en South Lawn, Washington DC. 24 de Setiembre de 2017. EPA-EFE/Olivier Douliery / POOL

Travel Ban Targets Venezuela

September 25th, 2017

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Thought Leaders

[OP-ED]: Chile, the Other 9…

September 7th, 2017

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Former Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega participates in a meeting of Mercosur trade bloc attorneys general in Brasilia, Brazil, on Aug. 23, 2017. EFE/Joedson Alves

Venezuela Ex-Prosecutor…

August 24th, 2017

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President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, speaks at a press conference with international media at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 2. 2017. EFE/CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ

Venezuelan president plans…

August 23rd, 2017

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Venezuelan authorities guard the Jose Gregorio Hernandez Hospital after an interior ministry team tried to take the prison by force that in Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, 16 August 2017. EPA/Pedro Zapata

Prison Massacre in Venezuela

August 17th, 2017

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (L) shaking hands with US Vice President Mike Pence at the Guests House in Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia, 13 August 2017. Pence arrived in Cartagena as the first stop of his Latin American tour. EPA/Cesar Carrion/COLOMBIAN PRESIDENCY

First Latin America Tour

August 14th, 2017

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos answers a question during an interview granted to Agencia EFE in Bogota on Aug. 8, 2017. Santos is scheduled to end his mandate on Aug. 7, 2018. EFE/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda

August 10th, 2017

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Panama's Foreign Minister Isabel San Malo (c), accompanied by her counterparts from Peru, Ricardo Luna (L), Costa Rica's Manuel González (2R), Colombia's María Ángela Holguín (2L) and Mexico's Luis Videgaray of a meeting between foreign ministers and foreign ministers from 17 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean today, Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at the Torre Tagle Palace, in the historic center of Lima, Peru. EFE / Ernesto Arias

America against Maduro

August 9th, 2017

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Chavistas participate in a demonstration with a picture of the late President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) and El Libertador, Simón Bolívar, to support the installation of the National Constituent Assembly on Friday, August 4, 2017, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela increasingly alone

August 4th, 2017

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Antonio Mugica. CEO de la empresa de tecnología electoral que ha colaborado con Venezuela desde el 2004. Fuente: TalCualDigital

Fraud in Venezuela

August 2nd, 2017

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The intelligence police of the Nicolás Maduro regime have forcibly removed Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo López from their homes. Source: Antena 3.

Thus begins a tyranny

August 1st, 2017

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Opposition protesters face agents of the Bolivarian National Guard while blocking a street in rejection of the National Constituent Assembly elections on Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Caracas, Venezuela. EFE/CRISTIAN HERNÁNDEZ

Many bullets, few votes

July 31st, 2017

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A protester holds rocks in his hands during riots with members of the National Bolivarian Guard (GNB) in Caracas, Venezuela, 27 July 2017. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ

US orders family members of…

July 28th, 2017

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Venezuelan citizens cross the border into Colombia on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Cúcuta (Colombia). About 560,000 Venezuelan citizens have requested a Border Mobility Card (TMF) that will facilitate their entry to areas bordering Colombia after receiving approval for their "pre-registration," immigration authorities said today. EFE / Schneyder Mendoza

Venezuelans flee in droves

July 27th, 2017

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Thousands of Venezuelans choose to leave their country in a desperate attempt to survive. Source: http://www.univision.com/

Running away from Venezuela

July 21st, 2017

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President Donald Trump gives a speech during the presentation of "Made in America" products at the White House in Washington, USA on Monday, July 17, 2017. EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

The United States will not…

July 18th, 2017