Megan Janetsky

Megan Janetsky is a Colombia-based journalist focusing on migration, human rights, conflict, and politics across Latin America.

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Lucia Arecely Vail looks down at her daughter playing below from the top of her unfinished home in Cajolá, Guatemala.
Lucia Arecely Vail looks down at her daughter playing below from the top of her unfinished home in Cajolá, Guatemala.

For Central Americans, Biden’s Spending Could Spark a Boom
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Megan Janetsky
Greicy Estefania, the 6-year-old daughter of ex-combatant Esmeralda Ranjel, and her friend Desiree ride their bicycles past a mural of female ex-combatants of the Colombian rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Pondores, Colombia, on Oct. 3.
Greicy Estefania, the 6-year-old daughter of ex-combatant Esmeralda Ranjel, and her friend Desiree ride their bicycles past a mural of female ex-combatants of the Colombian rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Pondores, Colombia, on Oct. 3.

As Colombia’s Peace Crumbles, Female Guerrillas Wonder What’s Left for Them
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Megan Janetsky
People demonstrate under pouring rain in Bogotá on Nov. 21.
People demonstrate under pouring rain in Bogotá on Nov. 21.

Colombia Joins Latin America’s Wave of Protests
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Former FARC commander Luciano Marín, who goes by Iván Márquez, appears in a video calling for a return to armed conflict in Colombia on Aug 29.
Former FARC commander Luciano Marín, who goes by Iván Márquez, appears in a video calling for a return to armed conflict in Colombia on Aug 29.

How to Keep the Colombian Peace Deal Alive
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Megan Janetsky
A Venezuelan family at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on January 10. (Schneyder Mendoza/AFP/Getty Images)
A Venezuelan family at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on January 10. (Schneyder Mendoza/AFP/Getty Images)

Here’s Why Colombia Opened Its Arms to Venezuelan Migrants—Until Now
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