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In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, front left, and the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Rodrigo Londono, known by the alias Timochenko, shake hands after signing the peace agreement between the government and the FARC to end over 50 years of conflict, in Cartagena, Colombia. Lockdowns prompted by the new coronavirus pandemic may have slashed overall crime in Colombia, but the killings of ex-combatants have continued, and the COVID-19 crisis itself is putting yet more strain on the already fragile implementation of the historic accord. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Bullets, virus: Fears multiply for Colombia’s ex-rebels

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Former drug lord Ochoa seeks early release from US prison

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

The prototype for a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 is calibrated by engineering professors from La Sabana University, Julian Echeverry, left, and Andres Ramirez, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Scientists in Colombia have developed a mechanical ventilator for COVID-19 patients that could cost as little as $2,000 and help the South American country to cope with a global shortage of these devices. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia rushes to make cheap ventilators for COVID patients

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Fans of Independiente de Medellin soccer club shout to journalists from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The fans who traveled to Buenos Aires in March to cheer their team in a Copa Libertadores match, demand their country rescue them. They tried to exit through the Bolivian border but ended at a hotel in the Argentine capital, in a mandatory quarantine amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Colombian fans in Argentina struggle to return amid pandemic

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks next to a house painted with colors of Colombia's flag, during the lockdown ordered by the government in an effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

UN Colombia envoy: ex-combatants making masks amid pandemic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A woman holds a packet of contraceptive pills, in Harare, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Asia and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive health needs. Confined to their homes with husbands and others, they face unwanted pregnancies and little idea of when they can reach the outside world again. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a reward poster for Cliver Alcala-Cordones that was released on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism. (Department of Justice via AP)

AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration will announce Thursday, March 26, 2020, indictments against Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela's state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A boy, wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, stands outside a store waiting his mother to finish shopping, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 13, 2020. Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Friday the first two cases of the new coronavirus in the South American country. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela, already in crisis, reports 1st coronavirus cases

By SCOTT SMITH and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - Associated Press

Norwegian Refugee Council chief urges Venezuela exodus aid

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US report: Colombia coca production still at record high

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Red Cross: ‘Life without fear is overdue in Colombia’

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Hippos stay submerged in a lake at the Napoles Park in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. The hippos, that were originally brought to Colombia by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar as part of his personal zoo, have been taking over the countryside near his former ranch endangering native animals while also leaving farmers and fisherman fearing for their safety. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos

By DAVIDDE CORRAN - Associated Press

Uber resumes operating in Colombia after 3-week hiatus

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2020 photo, Howard Buffet receives presents during a visit, with Colombia's President Ivan Duque, right, to a cocoa farm in La Gabarra, Colombia. As a philanthropist, Buffet's priority now is helping Colombia and El Salvador, whose fight against drug trafficking has a direct impact on the U.S. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Warren Buffett’s son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

Ill Cali cartel drug kingpin seeks early prison release

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, Jhon Jairo Velasquez, a former hit man for Pablo Escobar, known by his nickname &quot;Popeye,&quot; gives his testimony while holding a book titled &quot;The True Pablo, Blood, Treason, and Death,&quot; during the trial against Alberto Santofimio Botero in Bogota, Colombia. According to authorities, Velasquez died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Bogota on Feb. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez, File)

Pablo Escobar’s hit man, known as “Popeye,” dies of cancer

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Jennifer Lopez and daughter Emme Maribel Muniz perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Super Bowl halftime show draws praise, tears from US Latinos

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

The leader of Venezuela's political opposition Juan Guaido waves during a visit to Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Juan Guaido, the man who one year ago launched a bid to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, arrived Saturday in Spain, where a thriving community of Venezuelans and a storm among Spanish political parties awaited him. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Venezuela’s Guaidó angles for Trump meeting at end of trip

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press