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Catatumbo: Humanitarian Crisis Worsens as Peace Talks Stall
The Catatumbo region, located on Colombia’s northeastern border with Venezuela, continues to face escalating violence and humanitarian deterioration, as armed confrontations persist between the National Liberation Army (ELN, guerrilla group inspired by the liberation theology) and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, Marxist guerrilla movement). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…
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Colombia’s Catumbo Conflict: 46,000 Children Out of School, 50,000 Displaced
More than 46,000 children in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, located at the Venezuelan border, are unable to start the school year due to an escalation in violence that has led the government to close 710 schools across 10 districts until at least 10 February. The Catatumbo conflict in Colombia has resurged, with recent clashes between the…
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Colombia’s Catatumbo Conflict: 46,000 Children Out of School, 50,000 Displaced
More than 46,000 children in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, located at the Venezuelan border, are unable to start the school year due to an escalation in violence that has led the government to close 710 schools across 10 districts until at least 10 February. The Catatumbo conflict in Colombia has resurged, with recent clashes between the…