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This week, Petro was in Venezuela with Nicolás Maduro — and oil and gas topped the agenda.

The powerful criminal networks that are deeply rooted throughout the Amazon basin increasingly pursue environmental crimes as a lucrative income source.

It is an election year in Venezuela, and President Nicolás Maduro is determined to cling to power. His criminal alliances will be crucial for the survival of his regime.

The hope is that we will see another decline for January, but some are concerned about how the 12% minimum wage increase and El Niño have affected prices.

Venezuela’s rampant dollarization has fed a national demand for counterfeit dollars, and criminal groups in neighboring Colombia and Peru have ramped up production.

Venezuela produces industrial quantities of urea, tons of which are stolen and smuggled into Colombia to feed cocaine labs.

Neo-Marxist Petro blames the scandal on the "owners of capital," but the protagonists were his own chief of staff & campaign manager.

Colombia is very rarely, if ever, bereft of news, and this week was no exception. In fact it was a bit of a doozy!

It has been a busy week for President Petro with visits to Santiago, Chile and Caracas, Venezuela.

The bridge was never opened when finished due to rising tensions between the two neighbors.