John Otis
Stories
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U.S. designates Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist designation
The U.S. has officially labeled Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles, allegedly led by President Nicolás Maduro and top officials, a foreign terrorist organization.
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With new U.S. threat looming, how will Venezuela's leader keep his grip on power?
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has survived U.S. sanctions, economic meltdown and widespread protests. Now he faces a U.S. armada off his country's coast, so how does he hang on to power?
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Tragedy looms 40 years after a volcano wiped out a Colombian village
Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.
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Greetings from high up in Colombia's Andes, where 'prairie-style meat' is a delicacy
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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Colombia recalls ambassador to U.S. amid deadly boat strikes and diplomatic clash
Colombia recalls its ambassador to Washington amid fallout from U.S. boat strikes — and a war of words between Presidents Petro and Trump.
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Peru's president was impeached. Her replacement has also been plagued by scandal
Peru's Congress has ousted President Dina Boluarte for "moral incapacity," plunging the country's fragile democracy into deeper uncertainty.
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The mother of Colombian corals
Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering "coral IVF" to help save endangered reefs.
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Former Colombian guerrilla leaders convicted
In Colombia, former guerrilla leaders rebels have been convicted of mass killings and kidnappings but will serve no prison time. For victims, the verdict underscores how elusive justice can remain in the aftermath of war.
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Colombia's lone Amazon port faces drying river and rising tensions with Peru
Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally.
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Trump says U.S. Navy struck an alleged Venezuelan boat carrying drug shipment
Days after sending U.S. gunboats to South American waters, President Trump said the U.S. Navy struck a vessel in the southern Caribbean carrying what he described as a Venezuelan drug shipment.
