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 ...

Catatumbo lightning. Credit: Fernando Flores/Wikimedia Commons. LIVING in a tropical country like Malaysia, we’re all used to frequent thunderstorms and lightning streaking across dark skies.

Caught in Colombia’s Catatumbo Conflict, Daily Brief March 27, 2025 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela, where armed groups have committed severe human rights abuses and ...

Armed groups vying for control of Colombia’s resource-rich Catatumbo region, near the Venezuelan border, are committing serious human rights violations, according to a report published on ...

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 ...

The mounting pressure on humanitarian aid has created uncertainty for the displaced population from Catatumbo. “I don’t know until when we will receive help here,” said the 26-year-old mother.

The Catatumbo region of Colombia, with numerous natural resources and a key coca leaf production area, has long been a base for criminal groups, paramilitaries and guerrillas.

Colombia and Venezuela share a 2,219-kilometer border, about 375 kilometers of which are in the Catatumbo region, a poor, mountainous area with a limited presence of state authorities, where armed ...

The death toll from escalating violence between rival guerrilla groups in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has risen to 60, according to the country’s human rights office. The clashes, involving ...

The death toll from attacks by a rebel group in Colombia's Catatumbo region has risen to 60, the country's human rights office has said. Rival factions have been vying for control of the cocaine ...