“I have been in dialogue with the holder of the presidency of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to close the illegal (border) crossings, especially in the Catatumbo River (…) A bilateral action plan ...

The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their barracks for fear of snipers.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to ...

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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 ...

Article continues after sponsor message 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 ...

However, it applies only to the rural Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold. In the past week, at least 80 people have ...

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade -- as well as for rival militants tempted to take revenge.While the FARC ...

for control of the cocaine business in the Andean Catatumbo region, in Northern Santander, and across the border in Táchira, Venezuela. With its fertile valleys for growing coca, mountain fastnesses, ...

"We want Peace," they wrote in block capitals on a huge white banner in the town of Teorama in Catatumbo region ... The bloodshed in the area bordering Venezuela has been blamed on the leftist ...

An aerial view of the Tarra River, which divides Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Tibu, Norte de Santader Deparment, Colombia, on Sunday. - Schneyder Mendoza/AFP/Getty Images “Catatumbo ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro discussed with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro the ... particularly “in the Catatumbo River” where a joint action plan is under development given the security ...