Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia.

The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have ...

writing on X that his government “stands with the people of Catatumbo.” He has also sent troops and humanitarian assistance. Displaced families are taking refuge in a stadium in Cúcuta ...

More than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the ...

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group.

Officials said the attacks happened in several towns located in the Catatumbo region near the ... Velásquez traveled to the northeast town of Cúcuta on Sunday where he held several security ...

WOLA joins the United Nations, Human Rights Ombudsman, Defendemos la Paz, and others calling for an immediate end to the violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups in the Catatumbo region in ...

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to ...

Officials said the attacks happened in the Catatumbo region near the border ... Iván Velásquez traveled to the northeast town of Cúcuta on Sunday where he held several security meetings and ...

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region ... line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) ...