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In the Face of Violence, Catatumbo’s Communities Call for Solidarity
Failed peace negotiations and the battle for control over valuable territory have produced an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
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Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade
A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s ...
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Colombia: Indigenous Colombians are confined in Catatumbo and ask for protection of their rights
The Permanent Roundtable of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations (MPC) warned that an indefinite number of members of the ...
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Colombia: More than 8,000 displaced people have arrived in Cúcuta fleeing violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region
The mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, said Monday that the situation due to the violence in the Catatumbo region has already overwhelmed all the capacities of this Colombian city on the border with ...
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At Least 80 Dead and 18,000 Flee Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia
The violence, carried out over the last four days in a northeast region called Catatumbo, is some of the worst the country has suffered through in recent years. And it has raised concerns that the ...
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More than 32,000 displaced as violence spirals in Colombian drug trafficking region
Total solidarity, respect, affection and love for these human beings who are arriving in the city of Cúcuta,” Acevedo said. The Catatumbo region in northeastern Colombia, where the crisis ...
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Colombians weigh returning home after rebel violence
TIBU, Colombia - Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region ... there were bullets everywhere," Luz Nelly Jaimes said in the city of Tibu. She and her family have been living in a shelter ...
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Colombia death toll from rebel violence rises to 80
BOGOTA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas are targeting community leaders and former members of a separate rebel group in the northeastern Catatumbo region ...