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  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    News in-depthColombia
    Populist outsider shakes up Colombia’s presidential election

    Polls suggest businessman Rodolfo Hernández would pose threat to leftist favourite Gustavo Petro in a run-off

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    How the Colombia election could change Latin America

    Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro, favourite to win the presidency, wants to rethink the ‘war on drugs’ and restore ties with Venezuela

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
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    Former urban guerrilla homes in on Colombia’s presidency

    Gustavo Petro’s tax and spending plans have sent him to the top of polls but alarmed the wealthy

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
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    Colombia’s business elite bet on former Medellín mayor to stop radical left

    Federico Gutiérrez faces uphill struggle to convince voters he can remedy persistent poverty and inequality

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
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    Social activist gives powerful voice to country’s marginalised black community

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
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    Protests sweeping Peru strand tourists and close copper mines

    Beleaguered president Pedro Castillo to meet demonstrators as anger over rising prices spreads across country

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
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    Is Peru becoming an ungovernable country?

    Known for political turmoil, its president Pedro Castillo now faces an impeachment vote accused of ‘moral incapacity’

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
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    Gustavo Petro sweeps Colombia election primaries

    Ex-Marxist guerrilla campaigning to halt oil exploration wins leftwing primary

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
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    US retreats on Venezuela oil talks after Maduro meeting criticism

    State department says ‘no quid pro quo’ behind release of US prisoners in Caracas

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
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    White House tells oil industry ‘we need more’ as fuel prices soar

    Energy secretary says nation on ‘war footing’ while Colombia warns on Venezuela overture

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
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    Venezuela frees 2 Americans following talks with US officials

    Releases are latest sign of shifting relations with Washington following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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    Maduro hails ‘cordial’ talks with US as west seeks new oil supplies

    Meeting with Venezuelan president comes as Washington ponders ban on Russian energy imports

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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    Colombian gene bank provides hedge against climate change

    By preserving plant diversity, researchers aim to make agriculture more resilient

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
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    US officials hold Venezuela meetings amid hunt for alternative oil supplies

    Shift in US policy towards longstanding Russia ally may pave way for easing sanctions on Caracas

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
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    Political and economic risks threaten Colombia’s recovery from pandemic 

    Investors fear big changes and market uncertainty in event of leftist win in May’s election

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
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    Pedro Castillo tries to stabilise Peru’s government with new shake-up

    The unlikely president has suffered an exodus of ministers after six months of political turmoil

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
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    Latin American leaders target economic prizes during Beijing Winter Olympics

    Argentina and Ecuador’s presidents to meet Xi Jinping to discuss debt and investments

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
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    Peru’s embattled president picks third cabinet in six months

    Experienced economist Oscar Graham named new finance minister

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
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    Peru’s prime minister quits in latest blow to leftwing government

    Resignation leaves president Pedro Castillo seeking third PM after only six months in power

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
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    Former Farc captive runs for Colombian presidency

    Ingrid Betancourt announces leadership bid two decades after being kidnapped by Marxist insurgents

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
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    Spanish oil company says it was not warned of high waves after tsunami triggered by volcanic eruption in Tonga

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
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  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
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    Venezuelan economy returns to growth as price rises slow

    Maduro claims 7.6% rise over last year’s third quarter as one of the world’s longest bouts of hyperinflation fades

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
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    Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’

    An ecological disaster is threatening parts of the Amazon as the Maduro regime seeks to exploit the country’s natural resources

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
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    Venezuelan opposition wins in Chávez’s home state

    Results in gubernatorial election a boost for candidates seeking to counter Maduro’s party at ballot box

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