The armed forces of Colombia and Venezuela kicked off coordinated offensives in the border region to recover territory lost ...

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

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A leaked report reveals Venezuelan territory was used by ELN rebels before a deadly attack in Colombia, escalating tensions between the countries ...

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four ...

Around 10 Venezuelans, as has been registered by the Colombian authorities, decided to return through the international bridge crossings to Táchira State after fleeing […] ...

Colombia and Venezuela share a 2,219-kilometer border, about 375 kilometers of which are in the Catatumbo region, a poor, mountainous area with a limited presence of state authorities, where armed ...

Clashes between armed groups on the border have led to an indefinite suspension of peace talks between the ELN and the Petro government.

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 ...

For years, the group argued it was pushing for better conditions for poor farmers through acts of violence against the state ... in Catatumbo, in the north, on the border with Venezuela, come ...

President Gustavo Petro has declared a state of siege in Colombia ... The northeastern department of Norte de Santander, particularly the Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela, has become a ...

Colombia’s Foreign Ministry reported that sixty persons fled to the Zulia state in Venezuela. The situation in Catatumbo is critical. Elderly persons, women, children, and individuals with ...