Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee.

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Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds the Guinness World Record for the "highest concentration of lightning,

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 that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombia’s Catatumbo region.

A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor denied confining two of the children to a shed. News outlets report Jeanne Kay Whitefeather

President Donald Trump targeted California environmental policies with executive orders to revoke the the state’s electric vehicle sales mandate and weaken protections for fish in t-San Joaquin River Delta,

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela.

“I have been in dialogue with the holder of the presidency of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to close the illegal (border) crossings, especially in the Catatumbo River (…) A bilateral action plan ...

Getty Images/Pedro H. Tesch Coming off a victory over Internacional last week, Mexico visit River Plate at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to put an end to their adventure in ...

2026 World Cup co-hosts Mexico wrap up their two game swing of South America on Tuesday, when they face River Plate in an international friendly. Mexico are coming off a 2-0 win over Brazilian ...

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

Mexico faces River Plate at the Estadio Monumental looking to win both of their games against South American clubs. / IMAGO/Agencia-MexSpor Mexico will play the second and final game of their ...