Earth has some seriously wild natural phenomena that most people never get to see up close. Take the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, where lightning storms rage almost every night, flashing across ...

Another unique feature of Lake Maracaibo is "Catatumbo Lighting", an atmospheric phenomenon characterised by almost continuous lightning that occurs where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the ...

Cucuta, Colombia – On the eleventh of February, a baby girl was born by Caesarean section in the riverside town of Tibu, Colombia. Five days later, her family’s home lay empty. Forced to flee ...

Around 80,000 people in northeastern Colombia are suffering the devastating consequences of an armed conflict that escalated on 15 January of this year.

Cristian Herrera, in Cucuta in February 2025, describes the dangers of being a reporter in Colombia's Catatumbo region: Journalists "can't talk about the armed conflict. ...

After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.

After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.

CÚCUTA, Colombia — Colombia’s historic peace deal was hailed as an end to the longest-running civil conflict in the hemisphere. It hinged, in part, on a promise: Thousands of guerrilla ...

On January 16th violence erupted in Catatumbo on Colombia’s border with Venezuela. Colombia’s oldest active guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), began attacking dissidents of ...

Troops line up for review by Colombian Army commander Luis Cardozo in Cucuta, south of the Catatumbo region, where former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) holdouts retreated after ...

Morgues in Cúcuta and Ocaña are overwhelmed, exceeding capacity due to the influx of bodies. In response to the crisis, the Colombian Army has launched “ Operation Catatumbo,” deploying additional ...