Businesses are shuttered and public transport is at a standstill in Colombia’s Choco department, as rebels from the National ...

The statement came as Petro faces plummeting public approval and has asked his cabinet to resign on the grounds they were ...

A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the ...

Among those fleeing were former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who demobilized in a 2016 peace deal with the government, and have now been targeted by the ELN. People ...

the Catatumbo region has around 300,000 residents and produces 15% of Colombia’s coca crop. The FARC-EMC holdout group and the ELN have long battled for control of the region and its lucrative drug ...

Fighting between two armed groups has been ongoing for almost a month along the border with Venezuela. Leaked Colombian ...

Swathes of violence erupted after the Colombian government halted peace negotiations with the ELN last Friday, accusing the group of war crimes. "The dialogue process with this group is suspended ...

After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a ...

Considering the level of paramilitary presence in rural Colombia over the past 50 years, it's an incredible achievement.

Soldiers patrol a road in Tibu in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former ...

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