@joeparkdan

Andean Correspondent @FT.

 Bogotá, Colombia
Joined June 2014
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NEW: This week's climate graphic looks at the wildfires that have made an early start in South America. Beautiful design touches by @janatausch (the inset boxes sitting under the smoke)😍 Read @AttractaMooney and @joeparkdan's report ft.com/content/2d3e6f53-3829… #dataviz #gistribe
Satellite image showing active wildfires and burn scares in Venezuela. Captured on the 27 January 2024. Source: Copernicus Sentinel 2

ALT Satellite image showing active wildfires and burn scares in Venezuela. Captured on the 27 January 2024. Source: Copernicus Sentinel 2

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This @joeparkdan report from Guayaquil brings details on how Mexican & Colombian cartels appear to be playing a central role in Ecuador's violence. And it started, as these things often do, with death of a kingpin - and ensuing scramble for his turf ft.com/content/d9d4e523-c2dd…

Inside the Ecuadorean port city fighting a drug-driven crime wave

Cartels fighting to control trafficking routes rebel against government crackdown in Guayaquil

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Guyana's vice-president Bharrat Jagdeo told the FT that Washington, through its decision to relax sanctions on Venezuela, may give Caracas "more resources to pursue its evil intent against Guyana". ft.com/content/061c41ab-c1ce…

Guyana vows to defend itself ‘by all and any means’ from Venezuela threat

Small nation seeks support from US as Caracas eyes annexation of oil-rich region, says vice-president

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I travelled to Guyana's mineral-rich Essequibo region, where the threat of annexation by Venezuela is stirring up both fear and nationalist sentiment. Here is the story. ft.com/content/f53f360e-7dd2…

‘I don’t want to be Venezuelan’: Guyana region on edge over annexation threat

In the disputed territory of Essequibo, fears of invasion mount following Caracas referendum

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Across Colombia, kidnappings have increased more than 80% under leftwing president Gustavo Petro, extortion is up 27% and the murder rate has barely fallen. Why is the country’s ‘total peace’ plan unravelling? on.ft.com/47s70w0
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Venezuelan opposition leader vows to contest election despite ban ft.com/content/d79927fa-5d71… via @ft

Venezuelan opposition leader vows to contest election despite ban

Biden administration likely to be angered by ruling against María Corina Machado after US eased sanctions

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US eases sanctions on Venezuela following election deal ft.com/content/32145f15-3eb0… via @ft
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Ecuador elects centre-right business heir Daniel Noboa as president ft.com/content/f4c3f997-2c4c… via @ft

Ecuador elects centre-right business heir Daniel Noboa as president

Son of banana magnate wins run-off to become country’s youngest-ever leader amid worsening security crisis

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Battle for banana fortune rattles Ecuador presidential frontrunner ft.com/content/5271ce26-6861… via @ft
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Ecuador’s presidential vote heads to run-off ft.com/content/f1c569d3-44d6…

Rafael Correa protégé and centrist to contest Ecuador election run-off

After poll marred by a candidate’s murder, second-round campaign will focus on former socialist president’s legacy

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Ecuadoreans head to polls in election marked by violence on.ft.com/47yjClX
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Political violence in Ecuador damages socialists’ chances of regaining power on.ft.com/44fpltS
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‘Democracy has cost us our lives’: Fear grips Ecuador after candidate killed. With @CARLAVALDIVIEZO on.ft.com/3qrqgtl
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Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated on.ft.com/44ZZXcJ
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Malcolm Deas, historian, 1941-2023 ft.com/content/2dbe8b73-928a… wonderful obituary by @JP_Rathbone on a rich and full life.

Malcolm Deas, historian, 1941-2023

A sage adviser to spies and Colombian presidents, he was the acme of an Oxford don

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Colombia’s leftist government rattled by campaign finance probe via @FT on.ft.com/3YpLF2S
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Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’ accused of flooding US with cocaine ft.com/content/127c21a2-d0f3…

Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’ accused of flooding US with cocaine

Hugo Carvajal is alleged to have been part of a state-backed cartel trafficking drugs into America for two decades

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Colombian president’s son arrested on money laundering charges ft.com/content/c900824b-a74a…

Colombian president’s son arrested on money laundering charges

Arrest comes amid wider election finance scandal hurting Gustavo Petro’s leftist government

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How can Colombia wean itself off fossil fuels, ~half its revenues? Gustavo Petro tells us 🇨🇴 has other “potential” (tourism, agri, clean energy) and defends his reforms. Nuestra entrevista con el Presidente👇🏻 ⁦ @alicemhancock⁩ ⁦@joeparkdan⁩ on.ft.com/3DkqRQm
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