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 and the ELN have long battled for control ...

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, ...

About 1,000 residents of a Colombian border village have fled to neighbouring Venezuela to escape escalating guerrilla violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region which has killed at least 80 people ...

More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival ... on Colombia's north-eastern border with Venezuela, is a hotspot for cocaine production and trafficking.

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 ...

TRES BOCAS, Colombia — The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo ...