The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their ...

Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds ...

Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia.

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Thursday that he has been in contact with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to implement an action plan to prevent armed groups from crossing the border, ...

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have ...

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to ...

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, ...

Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia's Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed ...

Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing one of Colombia’s biggest cocaine-producing regions to escape the most intense ...

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to ...