WASHINGTON — In a vehicle with his two bodyguards, Cristian Herrera talks about the dangers he faces covering Colombia’s Catatumbo region as he heads to his latest assignment.

Armed groups vying for control of Colombia’s resource-rich Catatumbo region, near the Venezuelan border, are committing serious human rights violations, according to a report published on ...

People cross a river to Venezuela from Tibu, Colombia on January 21, 2025, following fightings that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Colombian Catatumbo region ...

NATURAL PHENOMENA What is the ‘Catatumbo lightning’, the phenomenon that occurs in the same place every year. Twenty-eight lightning bolts are produced per minute for nine hours and their ...

The death toll from escalating violence between rival guerrilla groups in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has risen to 60, according to the country’s human rights office. The clashes, involving ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela, where armed groups have committed severe human rights abuses and ...

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More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival rebel groups are engaged in a bloody battle. At least 80 people have been killed over recent days amid ...

Megateo was one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Colombia. His death on October 2, 2015 was a major blow, but the people of Catatumbo have little reason to celebrate. Español. Português.

Catatumbo lightning is thought to be the world's largest single generator of tropospheric ozone. The phenomenon was proposed to Guinness last year by a Venezuelan environmentalist Erick Ortega, ...

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the ...