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FILE- In this July 20, 2018 file photo, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during the inauguration of the newly-elected legislature, in Bogota, Colombia. Colombians are voting on Sunday, Aug. 25, in a first of a kind referendum that aims to curb corruption in a country where white collar criminals are fast replacing drug gangs and paramilitary groups in penetrating the upper echelons of power. The referendum seeks to slash the salaries of Colombia’s Congress members and to bring laws that make public spending more efficient and transparent. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File, File)

Colombia anti-corruption referendum comes up shy on votes

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

A group of Venezuelan migrants sleep on a sidewalk at a border crossing into Peru, before the deadline on new regulations that demand passports from migrants, in Tumbes, Peru, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Peru is stiffening its entry requirements for Venezuelan migrants beginning, Aug. 25, following the path of other South American nations receiving large numbers of Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and human crisis, migrants will be required to enter with a passport. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Venezuelan migrants pour into Peru before new rules enforced

By MARTIN MEJIA - Associated Press

Illustration on Danny Moreno's work in Colombia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Inspiring care for Colombia’s poor

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Peru, Ecuador tighten requirements for Venezuela migrants

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up his picture during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) organized the rally to show support for the president following what the government called a failed assassination attempt with explosives-laden drones. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Exiled jurists symbolically sentence Maduro to 18 years

By CESAR GARCIA - Associated Press

Julio Borges, president of the Venezuelan parliament, arrives for a meeting with Ernesto Macias, president of Colombia's Senate, at the Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro implicated Borges, one of the country's most prominent opposition leaders, in an alleged assassination attempt using drones. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Foe accused by Maduro says Venezuela military is fracturing

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up his picture during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) organized the rally to show support for the president following what the government called a failed assassination attempt with explosives-laden drones. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Official: Venezuelan general arrested in assassination plot

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FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, Venezuelans wait in line to cross into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela. The United Nations says an estimated 2.3 million Venezuelans had fled the country as of June 2018, mainly to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

UN says an estimated 2.3 million people have fled Venezuela

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Colombia peace tribunal summons ex-soldiers for youth deaths

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Israel ‘surprised’ by Colombian decision on Palestinians

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Colombia is latest nation to recognize Palestinian statehood

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In this June 17, 2018, file photo, Ivan Duque, candidate of the Democratic Center party, gives a thumbs-up to supporters after voting in the presidential runoff election in Bogota, Colombia. Duque will be sworn in as the new leader of Colombia on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, tasked with guiding the implementation of a historic peace accord with leftist rebels that remains on shaky ground. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Ivan Duque, incoming Colombia president, faces long list of challenges

By Manuel Rueda - Associated Press

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, an uniformed official bleeds from the head following an incident during a speech by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech to hundreds of soldiers in Caracas on Saturday but the socialist leader was unharmed, according to the government. (Xinhua via AP)

Venezuela president ties opposition leader to drone attack

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Florida governor to attend swearing-in of Colombia president

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US to play Colombia in exhibition at Tampa on Oct 11

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 31, 2016 file photo, Colombia's Soccer Federation President Ramon Jesurun talks to FIFA President Gianni Infantino during a press conference at the Colombian Soccer Federation headquarters in Bogota, Colombia. The chairman of Colombia's football federation and other current and former executives are under investigation for alleged embezzlement and resale of tickets for 2018 World Cup South American qualifying matches. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombian FIFA Council member probed over ticket resales

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Drug dog Sombra, has helped detect more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in suitcases, boats and large shipments of fruit, sits outside the police station in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Colombian police recently revealed that the Gulf Clan, a cartel that boasts its own guerrilla army, has offered a reward of $7,000 to whoever kills or captures Sombra. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Extraordinary drug dog worries Colombian cartel

By Manuel Rueda - Associated Press

Colombia’s VP assures the UN new president backs peace deal

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

From left, Carlos Lozada, Victoria Sandino, Pablo Catatumbo, Marco Calarca and Olmedo Ruiz, all former members of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, arrive at Congress to take up seats in the newly-elected legislature, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, July 20, 2018. Under the terms of the 2016 historic peace agreement ending more than five decades of bloody conflict, the one-time guerrillas are guaranteed 10 seats in congress. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombian rebels-turned-politicians sworn into Congress

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Police in Spain, Colombia break up money-laundering rings

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