Colombia’s president has issued a decree giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has declared emergency powers to restore order in the coca-growing Catatumbo region amid ...

The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their ...

Both the ELN and FARC-EMC have long fought for control over this drug-rich area, but recent violence marks a significant ...

With 80 people killed and 40,000 displaced by violence wrought by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) militia's fight with rival armed groups over drug trafficking territory in northeastern ...

We are following with concern acts of violence that started in Colombia's Catatumbo region, and spread to various parts of ...

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade ...

The ELN has about 3,500 fighters across Colombia, according to official estimates. On Nov. 4, Petro signed the peace law to enter into negotiations with the armed groups operating in the country ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.