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Catherine Ellis

The Spectator

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Venezuela’s future has never looked more uncertain

Families are still picking through the rubble in Venezuela. A weary-looking man searches for his wife in a heap of broken concrete – what was once...

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The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

Venezuela’s earthquake is the cruelest blow

Venezuela thought its luck was changing. Then the earthquakes stuck. For a country that’s economy has long been in tatters, parts of Venezuela are...

27.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

Venezuela’s earthquake is the cruellest blow

Venezuela thought it’s luck was changing. Then the earthquakes stuck. For a country that’s economy has long been in tatters, parts of Venezuela...

26.06.2026 40

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

How a Trump-loving lawyer nicknamed ‘The Tiger’ became Colombia’s president

Abelardo de la Espriella was never going to be a typical Colombian presidential candidate. Nicknamed ‘The Tiger,’ the defence lawyer who has...

23.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

How a Trump-loving lawyer nicknamed ‘The Tiger’ became Colombia’s president

Abelardo de la Espriella was never going to be a typical Colombian presidential candidate. Nicknamed ‘The Tiger,’ the defence lawyer who has...

22.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

War on drugs / Colombia can't give Trump the cocaine crackdown he wants

03.02.2026 30

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

Venezuela’s chavista elite is clinging on – but only just

20.01.2026 40

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis

How Trump helped Venezuela’s Maduro bounce back

27.07.2025 20

The Spectator

Catherine Ellis