A rural community along Colombia’s border with Venezuela protested the beginning of oil exploration efforts, saying it puts the area’s already scarce water resources at risk. The protesters organized outside the…
A grenade attack on a police truck close to Colombia’s border with Venezuela injured at least 10 policemen and three civilians, local media reported Wednesday. The attack targeted a riot police truck driving through one…
Colombia police said Thursday they have arrested “David Leon,” the alleged leader of the EPL, a former guerrilla group that controls a major part of drug trafficking routes to Venezuela.…
While peace talks with Colombia’s second largest rebel group seem to be as stuck as ever, the ELN shut down the east of the country. From Monday to Wednesday, nobody in the provinces…
Almost 1,000 people were forced to flee their homes in the northeast of Colombia over the past three weeks amid heavy fighting between the military and illegal armed groups, the…
The town halls of two municipalities in central and northeast Colombia were attacked and one was destroyed when protests turned violent. The incidents took place in Puerto Santander, a town on…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday he will seek a private talk with his his counterpart from Venezuela to come a quick reopening of the border between the two countries.
Five hundred hungry Venezuelan women rushed across a bridge into Colombia in defiance of a year-long border closure in search of basic foods and commodities that have grown scarce at…
Snipers have reportedly killed at least eight members of Colombia’s security forces in the virtually lawless northeastern province of Norte de Santander so far this year. The province for decades has been…