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 ...

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

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...

Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing one of Colombia’s biggest cocaine-producing regions to escape the most intense ...

In response to attacks by warring guerrilla factions that have killed dozens of people and displaced tens of ...

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

Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia's Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed ...

The violence, carried out over the last four days in a northeast region called Catatumbo, is some of the worst the country has suffered through in recent years. And it has raised concerns that the ...

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 ...

Officials said the attacks happened in several towns located in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, with at least three people who were part of the peace talks being kidnapped.

Fighting between armed groups in northwestern Colombia may have left more than 50 dead in three days of confrontation, local ...