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Freelance Latin America Correspondent based in Caracas. Tweets in Spanish and English. RT ≠ ENDORSEMENT

Caracas, Venezuela
Joined August 2009
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New showreel 2024 - reporting for PBS Newshour, CBC Canada, Scripps News, Newsnet, Salem News, CGTN (China Global Television Network), CNA (Channel News Asia), DD India, SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation). youtube.com/watch?v=1dZBGS9r…
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Buenos Aires se transforma por la visita de León XIV: cortes de tránsito, 25.000 voluntarios, feriados especiales y homenajes a Francisco Se espera que siete millones de personas asistan a las actividades previstas por el Papa en Argentina tinyurl.com/mu4spscw
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A CNN analysis of videos and images of some of the buildings — both during an extraordinarily fast construction process and after their collapse — suggests that construction flaws may have contributed to the mass tragedy. cnn.it/4zCf7V4
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Esperamos la liberación de todos los presos políticos. Es una exigencia urgente. Debemos todos pedir libertad. #LibresTodos #AbrazoDeLibertad
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Ousted Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust. He was detained shortly after the Senate removed him from office following a bank collapse. apnews.com/article/paraguay-…
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Paraguay’s President has been impeached and detained
VIDEO | El Senado de Paraguay destituye y detiene a Santiago Peña tras declararlo culpable de "mal desempeño de funciones" en un juicio político celebrado en su ausencia, en medio de la crisis que desató el cierre de Ueno Bank.
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🇵🇾 | AHORA: PEDRO ALIANA JURA COMO NUEVO PRESIDENTE DE PARAGUAY.
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El Senado de Paraguay aprobó este viernes la destitución del presidente Santiago Peña en un juicio político en su contra por mal desempeño de funciones. Con 44 votos a favor, casi la totalidad de la Cámara Alta de 45 senadores, Peña fue destituido y se le retiraron sus fueros. cnn.it/4j2UefK
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Paraguay's President Santiago Pena has been impeached over the collapse of a major bank that locked almost half the population out of their accounts u.afp.com/SyjK
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#ÚLTIMAHORA | La Policía de Paraguay detiene al expresidente Santiago Peña tras su destitución.
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GRACIAS VENEZUELA!!! Me voy con el corazón LLENO y lista para regresar con buenas noticias con el favor de Dios. 🇻🇪❤️
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Pope Leo XIV has landed in Uruguay for the first stop of a 12-day South American tour that will see him meeting political leaders, prisoners and the poor on the continent that shaped his priesthood u.afp.com/SyjX
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Maria Corina Machado just visited Rodeo 1, a prison where dozens of political prisoners remain. Human rights groups estimate that there are still well over 300 political prisoners who have not been freed following the capture of Maduro.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Latin America for a 12-day trip that was set to be his breakout moment and a historic homecoming for the pontiff, who holds dual U.S.-Peruvian citizenship. But after his recent cancer scare, the trip is also a test of stamina. wapo.st/4sGxEN6
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🇵🇾 Paraguayan President Santiago Pena, who is facing impeachment proceedings following a banking scandal that has affected millions of people, on Friday requested three days more to prepare his defense. ➡️ u.afp.com/SyVa
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In a White House interview, Rubio confirmed a @nytimes report on Tuesday that the US is negotiating with Venezuela on an agreement that could lead to a US military presence there. Gift link to the story on the talks, which had not been made public: nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/po…
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Yoani Sánchez, the Cuban reporter who was detained by state security early Thursday, says she's been released and will provide additional details of the "pain and total lack of guarantees" that she witnessed during her time in custody.
#Cuba Acabo de llegar a casa, gracias a todos por la solidaridad y la difusión de la arbitraria detención que sufrí esta mañana. Ese apoyo fue el que logró descorrer los cerrojos y abrir los barrotes.
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Paraguay president resigns after takeover of a bank linked to him blocked almost half the population from accessing their money. The Central Bank's seizure of Ueno Bank froze the deposits of some three million people, including pensioners, and sparked angry demonstrations across the country u.afp.com/Syrk
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In NYT interview, Rubio said elections in Venezuela would “ideally” be held next year, but he could not guarantee elections would be held before Trump left office. He also voiced support for closer military cooperation between VZ and U.S. w/ @AKurmanaev nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/po…
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Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez’s arrest this morning is part of the Cuban regime’s continued campaign to crush the independent press. From detaining Adel Bonne and Camila Acosta this week to imprisoning Henry Constantín, the Cuban regime shows its cowardice as it relies on arbitrary arrests because it fears the truth. #LibertadYa
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Ecuadorian politicians, business executives, and narcotraffickers arrested for narcotics importation and weapons offenses: “The charges announced today represent a coordinated effort to dismantle political corruption and narcotics trafficking that had wreaked havoc in Ecuador and plagued the country with increasing violence in recent years,” said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald.  “As alleged in the Indictment, the defendants played a critical role in transforming the country into a major transit hub for 70 percent of the cocaine reaching the United States and Europe. These prosecutions hold accountable powerful politicians and narcotraffickers alike who profited from and facilitated the international narcotics trade and who degraded Ecuador’s internal security.” @DEAHQ justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ecu…
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