Wes Michael Tomaselli

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Violent Clashes Strand Aid Caravans Along the Venezuela-Colombia Border

It started with smiling faces waving white roses and strangers linking arms with one another on Saturday. Then, thousands of supporters of Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president, climbed aboard flatbeds loaded with bags of...

By Wes Michael Tomaselli / Cúcuta, Colombia

Ivan Duque’s Plan to Fix a Divided Colombia

Iván Duque won his country's presidency by running against the peace deal he now has to fix

By Wes Tomaselli/Bogotá

Why Venezuelan Migrants Are Making Handbags Out of Worthless Banknotes

In the dusty Colombian town of Maicao, four men and women huddle along a shady patch of concrete and form an assembly line. One unpacks a rubber-banded heap of banknotes. The next person folds each...

By Wes Michael Tomaselli / Maicao
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