Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) 's Twitter Profile
Samantha Schmidt

@schmidtsam7

Bogotá bureau chief for @washingtonpost, covering South America. Costa Rican, Minnesotan, she/her/ella. [email protected]

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'Great deal of fear' in Venezuela The U.S. is considering offering amnesty to Venezuelan President Maduro for ceding power, according to the WSJ. Samantha Schmidt joins José Díaz-Balart to report more on the situation, saying the U.S. wants Latin American countries to take the lead.

María Luisa Paúl (@marialuisapaulr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In less than a month, Nicolás Maduro’s security forces have arrested at least 120 children in Venezuela. All have been charged with terrorism. None have had access to an attorney. Some told us they’d been tortured. Here are their stories: washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

Matthew Hay Brown (@matthewhaybrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Could Diego Maradona's death have been prevented? Trial begins Wednesday for the first of eight members of his medical team charged with homicide David Feliba reports from Buenos Aires with Samantha Schmidt washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

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As a global biodiversity summit begins today, this Colombian refuge for Andean bears and poisonous frogs raises the question: do we have what it takes to save nature? By ⁦Samantha Schmidt⁩ and ⁦Dino Grandoni⁩ washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

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I subscribe to the The Washington Post because Caroline Kitchener covers the abortion wars with illuminating, heartfelt, nuance-and-mess-of-real-life reporting. #whyisubscribe washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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Scoop: Argentina's president Milei is evaluating whether to withdraw his country from the Paris climate agreement, as Trump pledges to withdraw the U.S. again. w/ David Feliba Samantha Schmidt Chico Harlan washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

David Feliba (@davidfeliba) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING. Argentine Milei is evaluating whether to withdraw his country from Paris climate agreement as part of a broader review of all foreign policy, a senior source told The Washington Post, following his decision to recall officials at COP29 climate talks washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How a viral song became the latest symbol of Venezuela’s crackdown. Our story on "Veneka" and the decision to cancel a homecoming RAWA tour wapo.st/49qWGXe

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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 Kevin Sieff wapo.st/3P4k9Eh

Juan Pappier (@juanpappierhrw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I spoke with The Washington Post's Samantha Schmidt about enforced disappearances in Venezuela, an egregious abuse that brings Maduro closer and closer to Pinochet and Videla: washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/…

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La serie "La Toma", publicada por el The Washington Post, ganó el premio del Club de Prensa Extranjera Overseas Press Club, por la mejor reportería sobre Latinoamérica. Honrado por ser parte del equipo ganador con Samantha Schmidt. Tres de los reportajes son sobre Ecuador. washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/03/18/…

La serie "La Toma", publicada por el <a href="/washingtonpost/">The Washington Post</a>, ganó el premio del Club de Prensa Extranjera <a href="/opcpr/">Overseas Press Club</a>, por la mejor reportería sobre Latinoamérica. Honrado por ser parte del equipo ganador con <a href="/schmidtsam7/">Samantha Schmidt</a>. Tres de los reportajes son sobre Ecuador.
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A team of The Washington Post reporters reconstructed the Trump administration's removal of more than 260 migrants to a megaprison in El Salvador. Among the findings: -At least two of the migrants believed sent arrived in the US as vetted refugees. (contd.) washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…