/tags/colectivos colectivos en-US WLRN Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:49:42 GMT /news/2020-04-23/tupamaro-documentary-an-up-close-look-at-venezuelan-regimes-violent-street-enforcers One of the reasons Venezuela’s authoritarian regime stays in power is its street enforcers – violent gangs known as colectivos. A new documentary,… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:49:42 GMT /news/2020-04-23/tupamaro-documentary-an-up-close-look-at-venezuelan-regimes-violent-street-enforcers Tim Padgett /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening COMMENTARYCOVID-19 is producing a feel-good story across Latin America.According to this silver linings playbook, the pandemic is neutralizing the… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:28:57 GMT /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-04-29/red-alert-venezuelans-fleeing-their-regime-say-interpol-notices-derail-asylum Three years ago, Venezuelan doctor Marco Salmeron seemed to have a good case for asylum in the U.S. Salmeron had fled Venezuela because prosecutors there… Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:07:24 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-04-29/red-alert-venezuelans-fleeing-their-regime-say-interpol-notices-derail-asylum Tim Padgett /news/2017-08-17/trump-did-the-alt-left-a-big-favor-too-but-not-the-alt-left-you-think COMMENTARYBy now everybody knows the bigly favor President Trump did the Alt-Right this week.On Tuesday, like a bad parent defending his skinhead bully… Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:54:32 GMT /news/2017-08-17/trump-did-the-alt-left-a-big-favor-too-but-not-the-alt-left-you-think Tim Padgett /news/2017-07-05/venezuelan-pro-maduro-thugs-storm-national-assembly-and-copter-cop-reappears Venezuela’s political violence took an ugly turn Wednesday – the country’s independence day. Pro-government militants stormed the National Assembly and… Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:13:49 GMT /news/2017-07-05/venezuelan-pro-maduro-thugs-storm-national-assembly-and-copter-cop-reappears Tim Padgett