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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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  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Samantha Schmidt

    Colombian presidential hopeful shot at campaign event in capital (washingtonpost.com) Colombian presidential hopeful shot at campaign event in capital By Samantha Schmidt 2025060803155300 BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was in intensive care Sunday after being shot at a campaign event the night before, shaking the capital of a nation that has struggled to move past its long history of political violence.

  • 1 month ago | unionleader.com | Karen DeYoung |Samantha Schmidt

    Three House Republicans from southern Florida nearly derailed passage of President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package this week in protest of an apparent presidential reversal of sanctions on Venezuela. The three Cuban American lawmakers finally agreed late Wednesday to go along with the package after Trump agreed not to extend a Treasury Department license allowing energy giant Chevron to continue to produce and export Venezuelan oil.

  • 1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Samantha Schmidt

    As a boy in El Salvador, Abrego García feared gangs, avoided recruitment (washingtonpost.com) As a boy in El Salvador, Abrego García feared gangs, avoided recruitment By Samantha Schmidt 2025052410002500 SAN SALVADOR — The gang name was scrawled onto classroom desks and written on bathroom walls. At the school where Kilmar Abrego García spent most of his adolescence, the students all knew who was in charge of the neighborhood: MS-13.

  • 1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung |Samantha Schmidt |Marianna Sotomayor

    Rubio and Grenell, Trump’s dueling diplomats, clash over Venezuela (washingtonpost.com) Rubio and Grenell, Trump’s dueling diplomats, clash over Venezuela By Karen DeYoung; Samantha Schmidt; Marianna Sotomayor 2025052404321100 Three House Republicans from southern Florida nearly derailed passage of President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending package this week in protest of an apparent presidential reversal of sanctions on Venezuela.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Karen DeYoung |Samantha Schmidt |Marianna Sotomayor

    NowMexican singer Julion Alvarez postpones Texas show after US visa allegedly revokedCNN — A popular Mexican singer, Julión Álvarez, says he and his band have had to cancel a show in Texas on Saturday night after the singer’s visa to enter the United States had been allegedly revoked.

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4 May 25

RT @cearmario: A team of @washingtonpost reporters reconstructed the Trump administration's removal of more than 260 migrants to a megapris…

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19 Mar 25

RT @Cascabelito09: La serie "La Toma", publicada por el @washingtonpost, ganó el premio del Club de Prensa Extranjera @opcpr, por la mejor…

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Samantha Schmidt @schmidtsam7
9 Jan 25

RT @JuanPappierHRW: I spoke with @washingtonpost's @schmidtsam7 about enforced disappearances in Venezuela, an egregious abuse that brings…