Manuel Rueda

Bolivia sees backlash against conservative interim leader

November 18, 2019

Unrest in Bolivia worsens as protesters want to restore a popular government that has reduced poverty rates and has given the nation’s long-neglected Indigenous people a voice. Critics see the backlash to interim president Jeanine Añez as a dangerous effort to undermine democracy.

Protest

Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?

The World

October 29, 2019

The Indigenous president recently won his fourth consecutive election and could be in power for 18 years. His opponents say the vote was rigged.

Low coffee prices are starving farmers. Can a cartel fix it?

GlobalPost

September 26, 2019

The price for coffee beans is half what it was in 2014 and some farmers in coffee-producing countries say they need a cartel to protect them from rock-bottom prices.

Conflict & Justice

Despite the peace deal, former FARC fighters face a new war in rural Colombia

GlobalPost

July 18, 2019

In 2016, thousands of FARC fighters made peace with the Colombian government and moved to "transition villages" with plans to start over. Now they're fighting for their lives in rural villages where murder rates are skyrocketing and jobs are hard to come by.

Migration

'I get screamed at in the streets': Colombia's patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin

The World

May 10, 2019

Colombia has taken in 1.2 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees since 2015 with a flexible stance toward migration, but some Venezuelans say that Colombians target them with xenophobic slurs and insults on the streets.

Health & Medicine

Venezuelan American doctors 'come back to our people' on US Navy hospital ship

The World

December 06, 2018

The USNS Comfort served thousands of desperate Venezuelan refugees in Colombia who’ve fled their country’s life-threatening food and medical scarcities. The ship anchored off Riohacha, Colombia as part of a three-month, four-nation Latin American tour, helping with everything from hernia operations to eye cataract removals.

Environment

Hundreds of Mexico City buildings may now be uninhabitable

GlobalPost

September 23, 2017

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09/23/2017 - 5:45pm

An estimated 40 buildings collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake, but hundreds more sustained serious damage, leading many residents to evacuate.

Conflict

Memo to Trump: This is what mass deportation looks like

The World

August 28, 2015

This week, we may have caught a glimpse of what a Trump-style mass deportation could look like from an unexpected source: Venezuela.

Colombian march for hostage release

The World

April 04, 2008

Manuel Rueda reports on a public outcry in Colombia, calling on the government and leftist rebels to come up with a deal to release hundreds of hostages held in the Colombian jungle.

Global Politics

US support for Colombia

The World

March 04, 2008

President Bush called Colombia's president to express US support for the South American nation. Colombia sparked a regional crisis with a military operation inside Ecuador that killed a Colombian rebel leader

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Bolivia sees backlash against conservative interim leader

Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?

Low coffee prices are starving farmers. Can a cartel fix it?

Despite the peace deal, former FARC fighters face a new war in rural Colombia

'I get screamed at in the streets': Colombia's patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin

Venezuelan American doctors 'come back to our people' on US Navy hospital ship

Hundreds of Mexico City buildings may now be uninhabitable

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Memo to Trump: This is what mass deportation looks like

Colombian march for hostage release

US support for Colombia

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