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 that has been racked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups.

At least 80 people are dead and more than 18,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela.

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

The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades

Even after a divisive peace accord was signed between the Colombian government and the most powerful guerrilla force in 2016, there are challenges, including tackling endemic violence, poverty, drug trafficking and providing answers for those who lost loved ones.

With Donald Trump in the White House and Marco Rubio in the State Department, the days of coddling our anti-American Marxist neighbors are over.