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Associated Press correspondent based in Caracas, Venezuela. Reach me at [email protected]

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'We need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops (from @AP) By ⁦@danicacoto⁩ & ⁦@APjoshgoodman⁩ apnews.com/article/011ce271f…
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Report: Venezuela security forces continue killings, torture (from @AP) apnews.com/article/c84d79516…

Report: Venezuela security forces continue killings, torture

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan security forces carried out fewer extra-judicial killings in the 12 months through April, a U.N. report said Monday, but it accuses them of a continued pattern of...

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Driven by pandemic, Venezuelans uproot again to come to US (from @AP) apnews.com/article/38ef5b325…
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Helicopter carrying Colombia's president attacked; all safe (from @AP) apnews.com/article/581e8a272…

Helicopter carrying Colombia's president attacked; all safe

Colombian President Iván Duque says the helicopter carrying him and several senior officials came under fire in the southern Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela, in a rare instance of a direct...

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US extends deadline letting Chevron stay in Venezuela (from @AP) apnews.com/article/a75efc91b…

US extends deadline letting Chevron stay in Venezuela

MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday gave Chevron Corp. and several other American companies six more months to continue operating in Venezuela.

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The Cyprus-flagged Berlina’s impossible journey could represent the next frontier of how rogue states and their enablers manipulate GPS-like tracking systems to hide their movements while circumventing sanctions apnews.com/article/1cd3714c9…
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Ex-rebel capitalizes on Colombia unrest by showing restraint (from @AP) By ⁦@APjoshgoodman⁩ apnews.com/article/23b7d9e18…
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😷 Good afternoon, California! I’m working on an @AP story about @GavinNewsom’s mask announcement today. The state is keeping its mask requirement in place until June 15. What do you think? Are you vaccinated? Why/why not? DM me for an interview! We need to quote you by name.
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#Venezuela's government recently modified a regulation on NGOs and other civil society groups, but the new order is not sufficient. #Venezuela must immediately end efforts to restrict, intimidate, and criminalize independent civil society organizations. wola.org/2021/04/venezuela-m…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (@AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom expands California's drought emergency declaration to large swath of nation's most populated state.
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Two anti-government stalwarts take seats on the Maduro-controlled election board. To the @OAS_official chief they are "collaborators" of a dictatorship. But others see it as a way to rebuild confidence. One looming doubt: how will @JoeBiden respond? apnews.com/article/gregory-m…

Venezuelan lawmakers OK opposition members to election board

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s National Assembly named two opposition stalwarts, including a formerly jailed activist, as election officials Tuesday, the latest move by President Nicolás...

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Venezuelan lawmakers OK opposition members to election board (from @AP) apnews.com/article/b6e3d8d4f…
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Venezuela gives US oilmen house arrest in gesture to Biden (from @AP) apnews.com/article/c61ed9b8e…
NEW: Venezuela has just released from jail and gave house arrest to six U.S. oil executives jailed in 2017 on corruption charges. Seems to be a show of goodwill toward @JoeBiden as he reviews the sanctions-heavy policy it inherited from the Trump administration @AP story upcoming
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Swiss banker to Venezuela's ruling elite turns star witness (from @AP) apnews.com/article/be61a3cba…

Swiss banker to Venezuela's ruling elite turns star witness

MIAMI (AP) — Matthias Krull pulls up his pant leg and slides a gardening shear on the ankle monitor that for two years has been a reminder of his crimes.

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Venezuelan children pick through garbage for food, valuables (from @AP) apnews.com/article/07f5a73eb…
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US offers residency to Venezuelans and will review sanctions (from @AP) apnews.com/article/41cf6301e…
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3 Venezuelans plead guilty for aiding anti-Maduro plot (from @AP) apnews.com/article/89ad386cf…
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Venezuelan Carlos Marrón tells the @AP he was tortured by Venezuela's security forces. His story was cited in a UN report that concluded President Nicolás Maduro’s government had committed crimes against humanity. apne.ws/3XFW4yK

AP Exclusive: Man recounts torture in Maduro's Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The ransom calls began soon after Carlos Marrón learned his father hadn’t returned from his evening walk.

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Colombia will legalize undocumented Venezuelan migrants (from @AP) apnews.com/article/7767509ed…
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