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New legal pathways could relieve pressure on the U.S. southern border...

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A recent documentary by CNN featured some of its reporters making the trek through the dangerous Darien Gap -- a jungle that separates Colombia...

Colombian churches help Venezuelan soldiers who have deserted

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CUCUTA, Colombia — Pvt. Andry Rosales hugged a Colombian soldier and broke into tears as he surrendered himself to this country’s military. The 21-year-old Venezuelan...

Colombian coroner offers free burials to destitute Venezuelan migrants

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RIOHACHA, Colombia — It’s midafternoon and the cemetery known as People Like Us is eerily quiet. As the corpse of Eduardo Sanchez is removed from...

Consolata priest helps Colombians find forgiveness after long war

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BOGOTA, Colombia — If Colombians truly seek peace, they must give up vengeance and seek reconciliation by forgiving themselves and one another, said a...

Latin Americans: Capture spirit of ‘68 Medellin meeting, focus on youth

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MEDELLIN, Colombia — The Catholic Church in Latin America must return to the principles of a 1968 conference that shifted the church’s emphasis toward...

‘We didn’t have food,’ say Venezuelan families at Colombian shelter

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Asiangelis Guevara sat at the dining room table at a shelter for migrants, sipping hot chocolate, holding her year-old son and...

After Colombian election, church official urges talks with ex-guerrillas

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CUCUTA, Colombia — The director of Caritas Colombia has called for dialogue between the country’s new president-elect and former leftist guerrillas to prevent the...