My life is on hold. I feel hopeless,” Maria said to me, wiping away tears and putting a protective hand around her younger brother’s shoulder. I met Maria and her brother Abraham last year in a camp set up for Venezuelan refugees on the Peru/Ecuador border. Aged just 16 and 14, the siblings had fled the shocking instability and insecurity of their home country in the hope of a better life in Chile, where they had family waiting. By Ewan McGregor. Full Text -> TheIndependent

Angelina Jolie, UN special envoy for refugees, has pleaded Saturday with the colombian government in favour of some 20,000 children of parents venezuelans who may find themselves stateless, as a result of the exodus caused by the crisis in neighbouring Venezuela. The american actress, 44-year-old spoke of this hidden phenomenon with the colombian president, Ivan Duque, in the framework of a visit of two days in Colombia. By Kim Lee. Full Text -> D1SoftBallNews

Taking in the gravity of the situation, last summer the city of Bogotá began a campaign to alert citizens to the growing problem of child begging and the services available to children and their parents who either beg or work on the informal market to make a living. By Sarah Hucal. Full text -> abcNews