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The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning
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 ...
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Colombians flee to Venezuela as guerrilla violence escalates
About 1,000 residents of a Colombian border village have fled to neighbouring Venezuela to escape escalating guerrilla violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region which has killed at least 80 people ...
Rights group says Colombian rebels committed abuses against civilians in disputed region
A prominent human rights group says rebel groups in Colombia have committed “grave abuses” against civilians as they fight ...
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Rights group demands urgent action amid escalating violence in Catatumbo region of Colombia
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region, near the border with ...
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UN urges Colombia to protect civilians caught in Catatumbo conflict
UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the ...
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Rights group says Colombian rebels committed abuses against civilians in disputed region
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A prominent human rights group said Wednesday that rebel groups in Colombia committed “grave abuses” against civilians as they fight for control of the Catatumbo, a ...