Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...

Deep within Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo basin, where the Catatumbo River meets the lake, intense thunderstorms light up the sky as often as 260 nights a year. To understand how something as ...

Take the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, where lightning storms rage almost every night, flashing across the sky up to 260 times an hour—it's like nature’s own disco. Then there are the singing ...

Residents of Colombia's Catatumbo region, near the Venezuelan border, face a dilemma over returning home after rebel attacks displaced at least 50,000 people. The government blames the self-proclaimed ...

Sebastian Eslava was stuck at his small farm for several days, as fighting between rebel groups broke out in Colombia’s Catatumbo region. Neighbors told him landmines had been placed along the roads ...

TIBU, Colombia, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return home after attacks by a rebel group ...

In response to escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has declared a state of internal commotion (state of emergency), ...