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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 ...
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Colombia: More than 8,000 displaced people have arrived in Cúcuta fleeing violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region
The mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, said Monday that the situation due to the violence in the Catatumbo region has already overwhelmed all the capacities of this Colombian city on the border with ...
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 — ...
USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
Ending USAID programs could undercut Trump's goal of slashing migration to the U.S., groups say
In Colombia and Haiti, U.S. funding supports farming and fishing and provides incentives for people to stay rather than ...
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At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace talks, official says
Colombia's army rescued dozens of people on ... Defense Minister Iván Velásquez traveled to the northeast town of Cúcuta on Sunday while officials prepared to send 10 tons of food and hygiene ...
The Economist8d
Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela
The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...
Newsday19d
At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, take shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. Credit: AP/Fernando Vergara ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading government cost reduction in the new administration, said the humanitarian agency, ...
New York Post19d
Guerrilla group clash kills at least 80 in Colombia as peace talks fail: official
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — More than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official ...