REUTERS: Venezuelan migrants' dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule →

IPIALES, Colombia (Reuters) - Tears welled up in Gabriel Malavolta’s eyes on Saturday as he realized his dream of a new life in Peru was over, at least for now.

The 50-year-old mechanic fled Venezuela three days ago. He had hoped to make the overland crossing into Ecuador and then on to Lima, saying the deepening economic crisis in his homeland had left him without the basic means of survival.

Venezuelan migrants queue in line to register their entry into Ecuador at the International Bridge Rumichaca, Ecuador August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

REUTERS: Colombia fans mourn World Cup shootout loss to England →

The piercing sound of horns and cheers of Colombia’s football fans fell silent after their World Cup dreams were shattered in a nail-biting last-16 loss on penalties to England on Tuesday.

Colombian fans react while watching the broadcast of the World Cup Round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and England in Bogota, Colombia July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

REUTERS: Colombia president-elect vows to unite nation, alter peace deal →

Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque, who swept aside leftist Gustavo Petro in Sunday’s election, pledged to unite his South American nation after a divisive campaign but insisted he would change a landmark peace accord with leftist rebels.

Presidential candidate Ivan Duque speaks to supporters after winning the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, June 17, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

REUTERS: Colombia votes in polarized election putting peace, economy at stake →

Colombians vote on Sunday in a deeply divisive presidential runoff with one candidate wanting to alter a fragile peace deal and the other promising to overhaul the economic model.

A worker cleans at polling station before the tomorrow's second round of the Colombian presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, June 16, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

REUTERS: Colombia's rampant corruption a hot topic in presidential vote →

Embezzled school meal funds, under-the-table vote payments and the extradition of Colombia’s own anti-corruption czar for taking bribes are just some of the brazen cases outraging voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential election.

Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe (R) and right-wing presidential candidate Ivan Duque pose during a closing campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

REUTERS: Colombian peace deal critic to face fiery leftist in runoff →

Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Marxist rebels, won Colombia’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to confront privileged elites.

Right wing presidential candidate Ivan Duque (R) greets supporters after polls closed in the first round of the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia May 27, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

REUTERS: Colombians vote for new president with peace deal, economy at stake →

Colombians vote on Sunday in a deeply divisive presidential ballot that has stirred fears the winner could upset a fragile peace accord with Marxist FARC rebels or derail the nation’s business-friendly economic model. Read HERE.

THE GUARDIAN: Colombia discovers the art of keeping young people off the streets →

After a failed peace pact raised the spectre of gang violence, music and dance have thrown the youth of Colombia’s Chocó region a lifeline. Read HERE.

Young people dance in the streets of Quibdó, Colombia. Photograph: Nadege Mazars/Hans Lucas

THE GUARDIAN: 'Culture is power': the Colombian sex workers who launched a newspaper →

In the streets of Bogotá’s infamous red light district, something new and colourful has begun appearing, pasted up between the graffiti on the walls. 
Monica Quiroz, biting off strips of thick adhesive tape, is sticking up the laminated, fluorescent pages of this month’s edition of a newspaper written for and by local sex workers.

La Esquina was founded last year when a group of social activists and artists wanted to start a positive project in the neighbourhood. The paper is produced by a group of mainly transgender sex workers. Photograph: Nadège Mazars/Hans Lucas for the Guardian