At least 70 leaders of Catatumbo demanded Wednesday in Bogota solutions to the Colombian government for the guerrilla violence that plagues the region bordering Venezuela and in just over two weeks has left between 60 and 80 dead and more than 50,

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands.

Colombia’s president has issued a decree giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela wracked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Thursday that he has been in contact with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to implement an action plan to prevent armed groups from crossing the border, following a week of violent clashes that authorities estimate have left between 60 and 80 dead.

Qatar Airways has unveiled new services to Bogotá in Colombia and Caracas in Venezuela with two new weekly flights, starting early summer 2025.

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group.

Qatar Airways becomes the second Middle Eastern carrier to serve Colombia, following Emirates’ one-stop daily service to Bogotá via Miami, launched in June 2024. The airline will also be the first from the Middle East to serve Venezuela.

Qatar Airways has announced its latest expansion into the Americas with the launch of two new weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays to Colombia and Venezuela, starting

Across Latin America, grassroots organizations that assist migrants have been gutted, the already perilous trek northward has become more confusing and programs are hanging by a thread.

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Richard Grenell will meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday in Venezuela, both countries said, amid a deportation and anti-gang push by the Trump administration that has ruffled feathers around Latin America.

Gustavo Aníbal Giraldo, third in command of the armed group, is accused of being the architect of the attacks in Catatumbo, which have left over 50 people dead and more than 50,000 displaced in less t