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

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

Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of ...

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 ...

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

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a ...

The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...

Located on Colombia’s border with Venezuela, the Catatumbo region has around 300,000 residents and produces 15% of Colombia’s coca crop. The FARC-EMC holdout group and the ELN have long ...

The toll brought to 54 the total number of confirmed deaths from fighting in the cocaine-growing Catatumbo region ... northeastern border with Venezuela. Analysts say the spasm of violence ...