“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 ...

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 ...

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

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree ... However, it applies only to the rural Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, where the Colombian state has struggled for ...

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the ... "We want Peace," they wrote in block capitals on a huge white banner in the town of Teorama in Catatumbo region, ...

particularly “in the Catatumbo River” where a joint action plan is under development given the security crisis stemming from activities by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of ...

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas ... capitals on a huge white banner in the town of Teorama in Catatumbo region, where at least 80 people have been killed ...

The river, and thus the Catatumbo region itself ... As the Center of Historic Memory of Colombia put it, “Catatumbo is a territory in dispute. Its inhabitants narrate how different actors have sought ...