Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Nestled in the northwest of Venezuela, Lake Maracaibo is a striking spectacle of nature known for ...

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 key to safely observing lightning storms is distance. By maintaining a minimum of six miles from the storm, you can ...

Bogotá (AFP) – A new bout of fighting between two guerrilla groups in northeastern Colombia, where violence has displaced nearly 50,000 people in 10 days, claimed 13 lives this weekend ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil - While waiting for his flight, a British Airways passenger captured the moment lightning struck the plane he would ride home in on Friday. The incident occurred at Sao Paulo ...

The conflict in the rural Catatumbo region, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold, has left at least 80 people dead and 40,000 others displaced over the past 10 ...

Soldiers patrol a road in Tibu in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former ...

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At least 80 civilians have been killed amid a surge in rebel violence in the Catatumbo region.

President Gustavo Petro has declared a "state of internal unrest" in Colombia's north-eastern Catatumbo region to address a surge in deadly violence between rival armed groups. This measure, last ...

Hundreds of more troops from the Colombian Army have been deployed to Catatumbo in the last week. Photo: Minister of Defense Colombia In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over ...

Colombian Army commander Luis Cardozo walks past what the military says are members of holdouts from the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who surrendered to the Army after ...