Samantha Schmidt
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Bogotá bureau chief for @washingtonpost, covering South America. Costa Rican, Minnesotan, she/her/ella. [email protected]
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Joined June 2010
NEW: Colombian child-welfare officials told the country's highest court they couldn't find the boy's family. It took Washington Post reporters less than a week. Our investigation into the Venezuelan children stuck in Colombia's child-welfare system: .
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The 6-year-old is one of hundreds of Venezuelan minors in Colombia's child-welfare system. Colombia is seeking permission to begin putting them up for adoption.
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RT @cearmario: A team of @washingtonpost reporters reconstructed the Trump administration's removal of more than 260 migrants to a megapris….
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The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.
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RT @Cascabelito09: La serie "La Toma", publicada por el @washingtonpost, ganó el premio del Club de Prensa Extranjera @opcpr, por la mejor….
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RT @JuanPappierHRW: I spoke with @washingtonpost's @schmidtsam7 about enforced disappearances in Venezuela, an egregious abuse that brings….
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The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election.
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Scoop: Paraguay’s antidrug agency has decided to halt cooperation with the United States, a significant blow to U.S. efforts to curb organized crime in a country where cocaine trafficking has surged. With @ksieff .
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Paraguay’s antidrug agency has decided to halt cooperation with the United States, a significant blow to U.S. efforts to curb organized crime in the country.
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How a viral song became the latest symbol of Venezuela’s crackdown. Our story on "Veneka" and the decision to cancel a homecoming @Rawayana tour .
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A Venezuelan anthem reclaiming a pejorative term has gone viral but also drawn backlash from President Nicolás Maduro.
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A person close to the Trump transition team was dismissive of any Maduro offer and instead spoke of what Trump will demand of Caracas. Trump has been clear that Maduro needs “to be out of power” through a process of democratic transition. W/ @karendeyoung1.
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Maduro has expressed a willingness to work with Trump on an agreement to allow deportation flights of Venezuelans, according to a person in touch with Maduro's government. But in exchange, Maduro said he'd want more oil exports.
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A return to “maximum pressure” sanctions against the government of Nicolás Maduro could increase migration and upset oil companies Trump has courted.
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RT @davidfeliba: BREAKING. Argentine Milei is evaluating whether to withdraw his country from Paris climate agreement as part of a broader….
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Right-wing President Javier Milei is considering withdrawing Argentina from the Paris climate agreement. Donald Trump has pledged to also remove the United States.
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RT @maxinejoselow: Scoop: Argentina's president Milei is evaluating whether to withdraw his country from the Paris climate agreement, as Tr….
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Right-wing President Javier Milei is considering withdrawing Argentina from the Paris climate agreement. Donald Trump has pledged to also remove the United States.
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RT @jodikantor: I subscribe to the @washingtonpost because @CAKitchener covers the abortion wars with illuminating, heartfelt, nuance-and-m….
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A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion
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RT @eilperin: As a global biodiversity summit begins today, this Colombian refuge for Andean bears and poisonous frogs raises the question:….
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Nations will debate how to save species from extinction at a major U.N. biodiversity summit called COP16 in Colombia.
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RT @marybsheridan: 'Diego was a messed-up patient' -- the crazy tale of how Argentina is putting Maradona’s doctors on trial. By @schmidtsa….
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Federal prosecutors have charged eight members of Maradona’s medical team with homicide for allegedly failing to do enough to keep Maradona alive. All have repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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RT @davidfeliba: Was Maradona’s death preventable? Argentina puts his doctors on trial. Story for @washingtonpost with @schmidtsam7 . https….
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Federal prosecutors have charged eight members of Maradona’s medical team with homicide for allegedly failing to do enough to keep Maradona alive. All have repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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RT @matthewhaybrown: Could Diego Maradona's death have been prevented? Trial begins Wednesday for the first of eight members of his medical….
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Federal prosecutors have charged eight members of Maradona’s medical team with homicide for allegedly failing to do enough to keep Maradona alive. All have repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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Meanwhile, the ICC prosecutor faces growing calls to take action in his investigation into Maduro and his allies. Some critics have pointed out what they see as a conflict of interest in the case: Karim Khan's sister-in-law is part of Venezuela's legal team before the ICC.
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There appears to be little appetite for stronger U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's economy. Lula, Petro and AMLO have yet to meet with Maduro. Colombia and Brazil are hoping to to engage Cuba, in exchange for U.S. concessions, to help bring Maduro to the negotiating table.
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“There has been too much wishful thinking involved,” a person familiar with discussions among the parties said. “People on all sides are still dazed and asking themselves if this isn’t a dead end and where to go from here.”.
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As Maduro digs his heels in, the Venezuelan opposition and international community are running out of options. What now?.
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More than a month after the authoritarian socialist appears to have lost in a landslide, his grip on power seems as sure as ever. It’s the opposition and its backers who are running out of options.
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RT @marialuisapaulr: In less than a month, Nicolás Maduro’s security forces have arrested at least 120 children in Venezuela. All have been….
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Maduro’s forces have arrested children as young as 13, rights advocates say. More than 100 remain in custody weeks after Venezuelans began protesting his suspect victory claim.
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RT @MSNBC_reports: 'Great deal of fear' in Venezuela. The U.S. is considering offering amnesty to Venezuelan President Maduro for ceding po….
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