More than 300 people have fled Colombia’s Catatumbo region to escape fighting by rebel groups, officials said Monday

(Washington, DC) – Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near the Colombia-Venezuela border have committed grave abuses against people living in the area and displaced thousands, Human Rights Watch said today. Since January 16, 2025 ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive. All dance was seen as rebellious during colonial times. The Caribbean coast of ...

Colombian Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo declared his candidacy for president of Colombia Thursday in a Spanish-language speech at Ives Hall. Robledo belongs to the Polo Democrático Alternativo, a leftist political party and the only party expressly ...

GENEVA, June 7 (UNHCR) - Some 1,000 people have fled their homes in south-western Colombia in the last three months, reported the UN refugee agency today, warning that hundreds of them have not received humanitarian aid so far. The displacements in the ...