Both the ELN and FARC-EMC have long fought for control over this drug-rich area, but recent violence marks a significant escalation.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday said that he would declare a state of emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced military action against the National Liberation Army (ELN) after a series of violent attacks. Despite peace talks initiated in 2022, violence in regions like Catatumbo has escalated,

The Draft Agreement to Declare the paramilitary, terrorist, drug trafficker, fascist, murderer, criminal and representative of the international ultra-right, Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Iván Duque, as public enemies of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was approved unanimously.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro warns of military action against ELN rebels following a surge in violence in the northeast, leading to civilian displacement.

Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’s debut feature Pepe is a shapeshifting chronicle, traversing several genres at once. Pepe combines documentary, staged sequences, magic realism and a serious examination of the consequences of unchecked human ambition.

Speaking in a mix of Spanish, Afrikaans and the Namibian dialect Mbukushu between his sardonic guffawing, the late, titular narrator of Pepe is a dead hippopotamus. “I am dead,” he explains. “Where are my antenna ears?”

in which he accused the rebels of turning into a drug trafficking group and compared their methods to those of Pablo Escobar, the infamous cartel leader who bombed government buildings and ...

BOGOTA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The death toll from rebel-related violence in a key drug trafficking region of Colombia has doubled to 60, the government's human rights ombudsman said on Saturday.

Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia’s army scrambled to evacuate people on Sunday, according to William Villamizar, governor of North ...

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, including civilians, and displaced thousands in just four days, officials ...