Samantha Schmidt

Washington, D.C.

Bogota Bureau Chief at The Washington Post

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

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Venezuelan opposition team flees to U.S. after ‘precise operation,’ Rubio says

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Samantha Schmidt |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

A group of Venezuelan opposition members who had sought refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas have arrived in the United States after a “precise operation,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday night. The five opposition members, a team of aides close to opposition leader María Corina Machado, had been living inside the embassy for more than a year, evading arrest warrants against them by the autocratic government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelan opposition team flees to U.S. after ‘precise operation,’ Rubio says

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Samantha Schmidt |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

Venezuelan opposition team flees to U.S. after ‘precise operation,’ Rubio says (washingtonpost.com) Venezuelan opposition team flees to U.S. after ‘precise operation,’ Rubio says By Samantha Schmidt; María Luisa Paúl 2025050702180300 A group of Venezuelan opposition members who had sought refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas have arrived in the United States after a "precise operation," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday night.
Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samantha Schmidt |Silvia Foster-Frau |Ana Vanessa Herrero |Arelis R. Hernandez |Maria Paul | +2 more

Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison By Sarah Blaskey; Samantha Schmidt; Silvia Foster-Frau; Ana Vanessa Herrero; Arelis R.
Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samantha Schmidt |Silvia Foster-Frau |Arelis R. Hernandez |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl | +1 more

9 hours agoSovereignty won the Kentucky Derby, finishing the race in 2 minutes and 2 seconds on a rain-soaked track in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday. Out of the 19 horses that competed this year in the 151st edition of the iconic race, the colt, Journalism, was favored to win. Journalism took second place. The …
Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Cahlan |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Teo Armus |Samantha Schmidt

Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say (washingtonpost.com) Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say By Sarah Cahlan; María Luisa Paúl; Teo Armus; Samantha Schmidt 2025050100301400 As the legal battle continues over the fate of Kilmar Abrego García, President Donald Trump has repeatedly cited tattoos on the mistakenly deported man's knuckles as proof that he is an MS-13 gang member and should not be returned from...
Why the first Latin American pope couldn’t win back Latin America

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Terrence McCoy |Marina Dias |Samantha Schmidt

Why the first Latin American pope couldn’t win back Latin America (washingtonpost.com) Why the first Latin American pope couldn’t win back Latin America By Terrence McCoy; Marina Dias; Samantha Schmidt 2025042216440000 RIO DE JANEIRO — Several months after he assumed leadership of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made his first trip overseas.
President who declared war on Ecuador’s drug gangs is reelected

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Arturo Torres |Samantha Schmidt

President who declared war on Ecuador’s drug gangs is reelected (washingtonpost.com) President who declared war on Ecuador’s drug gangs is reelected By Arturo Torres; Samantha Schmidt 2025041310004000 QUITO, Ecuador — Daniel Noboa, the millennial president who in a truncated first term declared war on the gangs that turned once-peaceful Ecuador into a major cocaine trafficking hub, won reelection Sunday, electoral authorities reported, giving him four more years to try to stem the country's...
Singer and ex-MLB players among 124 dead in Santo Domingo nightclub collapse

1 month ago | postguam.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 124 people were killed and more than 155 injured when a nightclub’s roof collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic’s capital, local officials said, including a prominent singer, a governor and two former Major League Baseball players. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters that 155 people were hospitalized after the collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.
Singer and ex-MLB players among 124 dead in Santo Domingo nightclub collapse

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 124 people were killed and more than 155 injured when a nightclub’s roof collapsed in the Dominican Republic’s capital city early Tuesday, local officials said, including a prominent local singer, a governor and two former Major League Baseball players. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters that 155 people were hospitalized after the collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.
At least 27 dead in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 27 people were killed and more than 130 injured when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, early Tuesday, local officials said. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters more than 134 people were taken to the hospital after the collapse. Emergency services were working to clear the debris Tuesday in search of survivors trapped under the rubble, Méndez added.