National Liberation Army ELN commander of the Manuel Vazquez Castano northeastern war front 'Ricardo' speaks during an interview with AFP in Catatumbo region, Colombia on March 8, 2025.

including through curfews and other steps that would normally violate Colombians’ civil rights or require congressional approval. The conflict in the rural Catatumbo region, where the Colombian ...

Colombian special forces have been deployed ... For many Colombians, the recent bloodshed carries echoes of a civil war that killed 450,000 over more than half a century and made the country ...

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

Colombia faces many challenges in the postwar ... along with the sustainable way of developing [areas touched by the war], for people to see change as fast as possible. You’ve said that the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One Colombian soldier was killed and another injured Thursday in clashes with guerrilla dissidents in a coca-growing region where their turf war with a rebel group ... violate ...

National Liberation Army ELN rebels of the Manuel Vazquez Castano northeastern war front stand guard at Catatumbo region, Colombia on March 8, 2025. - Copyright AFP ...

An estimated 80 people were killed in the attacks, which prompted Colombia’s government to suspend peace talks with the ELN and declare a 90-day emergency that allows it to limit some civil ...