In a Colombian cocaine hub, a fragile peace falls apart
The fighting between two armed drug trafficking groups — fueled and financed in part by a booming global cocaine business — ...
Colombians weigh returning home after rebel violence
Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return ...
Public Radio International5d
Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade
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 ...
The Straits Times4d
Colombians weigh returning home after rebel violence
TIBU, Colombia ... people over several weeks. The government has accused rebels from the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) of targeting former members of the now-demobilized Revolutionary ...
The Hindu4d
What’s behind the recent eruption of large-scale violence in Colombia? | In Focus podcast
More than 100 people have been killed and ... the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (or ELN), and remnants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (oo FARC), and the fight apparently ...
MercoPress4d
Putin finds Colombia's Petro “a promising partner”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised Colombia's President ... rogue guerrilla groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) linked to drug ...
France 2421h
Ecuador votes in presidential poll amid spike in drug-related violence
Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The ...
AFP on MSN10h
Violence-hit Ecuador chooses next president
Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting under tight security Sunday, choosing who will lead their violence-wracked Andean ...