By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 In the border area where northeast Colombia’s Catatumbo region meets the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia is one of the world’s most seamless cocaine…
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Pablito’s Plan: Rise of the ELN in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the morning of October 7, 2009, prison guards in the west Colombian state of Arauca were tasked with a simple but terrifying task:…
Rebels and Paramilitaries: Colombia’s Guerrillas in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 For the last two years, Venezuelan states along the Colombian border have experienced firsthand the death and destruction of a war they had spent…
How Venezuela Became a Cemetery for the ex-FARC Mafia Leadership
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the night of May 4, 2022, an explosion cut through a guerrilla camp in the Venezuelan border state of Zulia. The bomb, placed…
Belize changes gear on 16% GDP COVID loss!
By: Staff Writer October 4, 2022 A top Belizean government official said that the country loses 4 percent annually from extreme weather events to add to the COVID-19 GDP loss…
Venezuela frees seven jailed Americans in swap for two Maduro relatives
October 4, 2022 Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans, including five oil executives, in exchange for two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro jailed in the United States on drug…
CDB Provides USD6M Financing for Belize Student Loan Scheme
October 4, 2022 The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has received a USD6 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), for its Student Loan Scheme which will assist close to…
Colombia’s President Petro Challenges US Anti-Drug Policy in UN Speech
September 27, 2022 The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, lambasted the US’ decades-long war on drugs in Latin America in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, confirming…
The Bosses Who Run Venezuela’s Most Lawless Prisons
August 30, 2022 Venezuela’s much-touted prison reform plan appears to be failing, according to recent research that shows how some of the country’s most dangerous criminals control numerous penitentiaries. After…
ELN and Urabeños War Again in Northern Colombia
August 23, 2022 Armed confrontations between two of Colombia’s most prominent criminal groups have broken a three-year period of relative calm in the northern department of Bolívar, despite both groups…
Can the ELN and Colombia’s Government Chart a New Path Towards Peace?
BY JUAN DIEGO POSADA August 16, 2022 Colombia’s last remaining guerrilla group, the ELN, is ready to start peace talks with the new government. Should these get going, it might…
Cartels await Venezuelan migrants in Colombia says Crisis Report!
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2022 The International Crisis Group released a report detailing how 2.5m Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia after fleeing their home country on humanitarian grounds now…