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FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Arelys Pulido holds her two-month-old daughter Zuleidys after she had her feet prints taken for her birth certificate at the Erazmo Meoz hospital in Cucuta, on Colombia's border with Venezuela. President Ivan Duque announced Monday, Aug, 5, 2019, announced that his government will grant citizenship to more than 24,000 babies who were born to Venezuelan parents in Colombia and are at risk of statelessness. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombia gives citizenship to children of Venezuelan parents

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Venezuelan migrant Alexander Beja poses for a portrait in Ciudad Verde, Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, August 1, 2019. Beja was discovered singing on the streets of Bogota by members of the hit pop band Camila and invited by the group to record with them in their native Mexico. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Street singing Venezuelan migrant gets chance of a lifetime

By CÉSAR GARCÍA - Associated Press

Venezuelan courier Samuel Romero, 21, takes an order to a Rappi customer on his bicycle in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. In a 15-hour workday Romero hopes to make around $15, the equivalent of Venezuela's monthly minimum wage but barely enough to get by in costlier Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Venezuela migrants propel billion-dollar delivery app

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Tears run down the face of a boy watching on a giant screen Colombia's Egan Bernal performance in the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race Bernal's hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Bernal put on the overall leader's yellow jersey after the stage, and barring a crash or a last-minute health issue will become the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race when the Tour ends on Paris' Champs-Elysees on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)(AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombian cycling ‘beetles’ chase Tour leader Bernal’s dream

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this June 11, 2019 photo, a food server shows a Venezuelan arepa made with Colombian ingredients at the &quot;Arepas Cafe&quot; fast food restaurant in Bogota, Colombia. Venezuelans like to jest that their beloved arepas are so widely consumed that babies come out of the womb with the corn flatbreads already in hand. Now, as millions flee their homeland's turmoil, they are taking Venezuela's most ubiquitous dish with them.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Venezuelan migrants take arepas to new lands amid crisis

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Diego Grisales at his home in Fort Myers, Florida, on July 3, 2019. With his family, Grisales moved from Colombia to Florida due to concerns for his family's safety. Now, he and his wife are United States citizens. (Morgan Hornsby/Naples Daily News via AP)

A Southwest Florida man’s scary journey to a new homeland

By HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS - Associated Press

US extradites former Colombian agriculture minister

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Peruvian Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, the president of UN Security Council, from left, Colombia's President Ivan Duque, and British Ambassador Jonathan Guy, arrive to deliver a joint statement to reporters in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, July 12, 2019. The U.N. council is in Colombia for a firsthand look at implementation of the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the country’s main rebel group. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

UN Security Council visits Colombia as peace worries mount

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2019, photo, a man walks past an entrance to the International Finance Corporation, a unit of the World Bank Group, in Washington. The unit of the World Bank has been dragged onto the edges of Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal involving a highway connecting the Colombian capital to busy Caribbean ports. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

World Bank unit implicated in Latin America graft scandal

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Chile's Arturo Vidal celebrates scoring a goal during penalty kick shoot-out against Colombia at a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Chile beats Colombia in shootout to reach Copa América semis

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Chile's Alexis Sanchez grimaces during a training session in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Chile will face Colombia on June 28 for the quarterfinals for the Copa America. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Chile vs Colombia one of highlights of Copa América quarters

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Uruguay's Deputy Foreign Minister Ariel Bergamino, right, leaves the session of the 49th OAS General Assembly in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Bergamino walked out, leading a protest over the participation of diplomats appointed by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

Uruguay protests role of Venezuela’s opposition at gathering

By MANUEL RUEDA and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

UN Security Council to visit Colombia in July

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US: Coca cultivation in Colombia dropped slightly in 2018

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Colombia's Gustavo Cuellar, center, kicks the ball to score his side's first goal against Paraguay during a Copa America Group B soccer match at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Sunday, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Colombia beats Paraguay at Copa America to stay perfect

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Colombia's Duvan Zapata, left, celebrates after scoring against Qatar with teammate Mateus Uribe during a Copa America Group B soccer match at the Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Colombia scores late to edge Qatar 1-0 in Copa America

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence poses with Paula Tenreiro, who is wearing a cap with the design of the Venezuelan flag, following a tour on the USNS Comfort, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Miami. The hospital ship is scheduled to embark on a five-month medical assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean, including several countries struggling to absorb migrants from crisis-wracked Venezuela. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

U.S. launches hospital ship to countries absorbing Venezuelans

By Ellis Rua - Associated Press

Colombia's coach Carlos Queiroz, left, looks as James Rodriguez trains during a practice session of the national soccer team in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Colombia will face Qatar on Wednesday in a Group B match of the Copa America soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Colombia keeping calm ahead of Qatar game at Copa America

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Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido gives a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Guaidó grapples with case of alleged corruption

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi gestures during a Copa America Group B soccer match against Colombia at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Copa America: Rodriguez leads Colombia to win over Argentina

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press