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Colombia: Cúcuta organizes a sancocho for people displaced by Catatumbo violence
Cúcuta, Colombia - January 21, 2025 The governor of the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, declared “a social and economic emergency” in that region in the ...
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More than 32,000 displaced as violence spirals in Colombian drug trafficking region
More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape a sharp rise in fighting between militant factions, according to the country’s ombudsman. Iris Marín ...
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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, line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando ...
The New York Times26d
At Least 80 Dead and 18,000 Flee Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia
Clashes between armed groups in Colombia have led to some of the worst violence in the country in years. By Julie Turkewitz Reporting from Bogotá, Colombia At least 80 people are dead and more ...
CBS News26d
At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace talks, official says
More than 80 people have been killed in Colombia's northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Twenty others have ...
UPI23d
Colombian armed groups violence kills over 80, displaces tens of thousands
Jan. 22 (UPI) --Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in escalating violence between armed groups in Colombia as the border city of Cucuta scrambled Wednesday to ...
Reuters26d
Colombia death toll from rebel violence rises to 80
The ELN has launched an offensive against former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC ... Velasquez said from the eastern city of Cucuta. Colombian rebel groups have ...
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Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade
More than 40,000 people were displaced in Colombia’s Catatumbo region in January, as the South American nation faces its worst security crisis in a decade. The Colombian city of Cucuta received more ...
Wired24d
4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
After years of refinement, Apple Maps is pretty good now. I switch between Google Maps and Apple Maps regularly, mostly as an experiment, and at this point I think Apple's product is just as ...
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USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid
A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on February 21, 2019.
Los Angeles Times26d
At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation ...
The New York Times18d
How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official maps. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes ...