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We accompanied Venezuelan migrants as they traveled by bus from Caracas to Chile. Our story, with pics by @carlosrawlins, of nine days on the road: reut.rs/2oJ0ZH6
Alexandra Ulmer
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Alexandra Ulmer
@AlexandraUlmer
Reuters reporter covering U.S. politics, focus on Trump, Musk and $. Previously in Venezuela, India, Chile & Argentina. [email protected]
Joined January 2010
- SPECIAL REPORT: We counted 8 attempts to gain unauthorized access to voting systems since the 2020 election. All involved Republican officeholders or party activists who have advanced Trump’s fraud falsehoods or conspiracies about rigged voting machines. reuters.com/investigates/s…
- What a moment. Leopoldo Lopez appears to ecstatic crowd after being granted house arrest
00:00 - I’m at a Latino rodeo for Democrats in Phoenix. Lots of longtime Dems here, but I also spoke to one woman whose family was encouraging her to vote Trump. She was close, but the PR “garbage” comments and reporting around Vanessa Guillén’s funeral pulled her back. She voted Harris.
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- Personal news: After four years in Caracas, I'm moving on. I leave Venezuela with a heavy heart, but I harbor hope of one day returning to a transformed country. Next stop: Mumbai! I'll be covering India as of next month. Reading recommendations and story ideas welcome.
- Trump's biggest donor is also ... RFK Jr.'s biggest donor.Who are the mega-rich bankrolling Trump? His top donors this cycle: Mellon banking heir Timothy Mellon: $16.5 mln Ex Marvel boss Isaac Perlmutter and wife Laura: $10 mln Ex wrestling entrepreneur Linda McMahon: $10 mln Nevada budget hotel magnate Robert Bigelow: $9 mln Artist
- NEW: RNC's Henry Babour tells me his resolution to block Trump from tapping RNC to pay legal bills has failed to garner enough support. "We ended up with 8 of the (10) necessary states, so no vote on Friday on the legal bill resolution... The resolution is dead."
- After deleting the Maduro videos from his Instagram account, @nusr_ett has now also scrubbed evidence of Maduro tucking into his famous steaks from Twitter. Here's the footage if you haven't seen it yet:
00:00 - Mayor of Del Río, Texas, says there are now over 10,000 migrants camped out in insalubrious conditions under the International Bridge — up by 2,000 since this morning. And both officials & migrants say more people coming.
- Aquí en la India ya amaneció el 23 de enero. Esperando a ver que traerá para Venezuela.
- Venezuela’s version of The Onion writes that last night’s quake was a result of a tectonic plate trying to emigratePlaca tectónica intenta emigrar de Venezuela elchiguirebipolar.net/21-08-2018/pla…
- Personal news: I'm now in San Francisco as a National Affairs correspondent with Reuters! It's a dream gig. After years in Venezuela, South America and India, I'm excited to dig into all that's problematic in the United States. Get in touch!
- NEW: Pro-Trump group funded by Musk struggles with outreach targets, inflation of doorknocking figures Story with @rachael_levy
- One migrant sold his wedding rings to fund the trip - but promised his wife to one day buy “new and better” ones. Another was gaunt from skipping dinner so his kid brother could eat. We’ve profiled all 37 Venezuelans we traveled with & tried to relay their poignant stories here:On Venezuelan migrant bus, one passenger learned by text that his great-grandmother had died. He knew he couldn’t turn back: reut.rs/2F8FFWO @AlexandraUlmer @carlosrawlins
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