Manuel Rueda
Manuel Rueda is a freelance journalist based in Bogota, Colombia where he has been living for the past five years. Manuel has covered the peace deal between Colombia's government and the FARC rebels, Venezuela's political crisis and how Colombia is adapting to the arrival of more than one million Venezuelan migrants. He is a dual citizen of Colombia and Venezuela and always ready to travel. Last year he also produced stories in Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.
'We are worried': Melting glaciers lead to dangerous overflow in this Peruvian lake
As ice sheets from glaciers melt, dozens of lakes around the world risk overflowing, causing potentially deadly avalanches and flooding in nearby towns and villages. In Huaraz, Peru, residents hope to find ways to prevent Lake Palcacocha from overflowing again — before it's too late.
Thousands of passengers are stranded after Colombia’s Viva Air grounds flights
This Colombian town is dimming its lights to attract more tourists to view the night sky
'Our people have always struggled:' Peru's Indigenous groups aim for more power in Congress
Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations
Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides
More than 50 people have been killed in southern Peru in protests that broke out in December, and have resulted in street battles between police forces and largely Indigenous groups of protesters who have fought back with rocks, slingshots and homemade rockets.
Colombia’s plan to ban bullfighting sparks debate on tradition, animal rights
Bullfighting has become less popular as views about animal rights change in Colombia. But in some parts of the country, it is still a highly esteemed tradition.
To reduce its emissions, Colombian ranch experiments with a new variety of grass
In the remote Colombian province of Vichada, mostly covered by savannah and small forests, the San Jose ranch is trying to show that there are ways for cattle ranching to be more environmentally friendly — and still be profitable.
Colombia’s govt launches peace talks with the nation’s largest-remaining rebel group
Talks with the rebels started on Nov. 22 in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas where delegates from both sides fielded questions from journalists.
New Biden policy leaves thousands of Venezuelan migrants stranded
The Biden administration announced a plan that will automatically reject all Venezuelans seeking asylum at the US border with Mexico if they enter the country without authorization. The deal will only benefit a fraction of asylum-seekers.
Brazil’s neighbors wary of environmental impact of a Bolsonaro victory
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has promised to continue facilitating mining and agro industry in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon if he wins another four-year term. But destruction of the Amazon affects the air quality and jeopardizes the water supply in neighboring countries.
‘We can all learn to care’: Colombia’s capital city wants men to do more chores at home
Bogotá's Care School for Men aims to battle centuries of living in a culture that teaches men to focus on breadwinning instead of caregiving.
‘We have to close the gap’: Some politicians in Colombia say it’s time to take pay cuts
Congress members in Colombia are earning 35 times as much as regular workers. Sen. Jonathan Pulido Hernandez says it's time for lawmakers to take pay cuts in order to show restraint with public funds and connect more with the people they represent. But not everyone's on board.
Colombia’s police come under fire from drug trafficking groups
A recent wave of attacks against police has put Colombia’s security forces on edge. The government has blamed most of the recent police killings on the Gulf Clan, a drug-trafficking group that runs extortion rackets and exports cocaine to the US.
Colombia’s Meridian Brothers breathe new life into salsa music with the help of a traditional record label
Using a keyboard, a saxophone, a bass guitar and percussion, Eblis Alvarez is recreating the classical salsa sound developed by Latino immigrants in New York in the 1970s and giving it somewhat of a psychedelic twist.