The armed forces of Colombia and Venezuela kicked off coordinated offensives in the border region to recover territory lost ...
A leaked report reveals Venezuelan territory was used by ELN rebels before a deadly attack in Colombia, escalating tensions ...
Clashes between armed groups on the border have led to an indefinite suspension of peace talks between the ELN and the Petro ...
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 ...
Around 10 Venezuelans, as has been registered by the Colombian authorities, decided to return through the international ...
The humanitarian crisis in Catatumbo deepens as violence between the ELN and FARC dissidents forces 32,000 to flee. Critics ...
The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...
The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...
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 and the ELN have long battled for control ...
Cúcuta, Colombia - January 17, 2025 The Catatumbo region, in the northeast of Colombia and bordering Venezuela, has lived for decades between armed conflict and state neglect, but that does not ...