BC-Tuesday Spotlight, ADVISORY

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The following story will move Monday as this week's Tuesday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:

82nd AIRBORNE IN COLOMBIA

TOLEMAIDA AIR BASE, Colombia — Under a covered pavilion near a steaming runway at Colombia's Tolemaida Air Base, dozens of American paratroopers lie sweating on a concrete slab. Green and brown camouflage face paint drips from their brows.The Associated Press was given rare access to accompany the group on its January joint training mission with Columbia, amid a humanitarian crisis in neighboring Venezuela that has sent thousands of refugees fleeing over the border. By Sarah Blake Morgan. UPCOMING: 920 words, photos, video.

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