The strategic Colombian peninsula of La Guajira, a sought after departure point for drugs heading across the Caribbean, may be up for grabs once more with the arrest of the gang leader who controlled ...

The Cerrejon mine train carrying coal ore to the Puerto Bolivar terminal in front of the Guajira 1 wind farm at Cap de la Vela, Guajira region, Colombia, January 6, 2024. VICTOR RAISON The El Cerrejon ...

Synonymous in Colombia with extreme poverty and abandonment, the peninsula of La Guajira faces drought and coal dust pollution from one the world’s biggest coal mines. One of the main gateways for ...

Manaure, Colombia – The coastal ponds stretched over the horizon, their shallow blue waters dotted with shimmering pyramids of white — each one a pile of artisanal salt waiting to be collected. In the ...

A transformative and lifesaving project launched in 2021 by UNICEF USA, UNICEF Colombia and the Baxter International Foundation has been expanded for three additional years through 2027. The ...

La Guajira, Colombia is the sort of place that's so under-the-radar that it's a natural draw for travelers who crave new experiences. Positioned along Colombia's Caribbean coast adjacent to Venezuela, ...

Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to Zoyla Velasquez and her Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira region in northern Colombia. This arid, wind-swept region, dotted with ...

The governor of La Guajira, Colombia’s northernmost department, is accused of ties with neo-paramilitary criminal groups, suggesting deep-rooted corruption in an organized crime hotspot and ...

On August 4, 2017, Human Rights Watch submitted the following presentation to the UN Committee on Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights, regarding concerns and research findings that relate to the ...

Locals often have to walk a long way to fetch water in La Guajira Water is as vital as it is scarce in the Alta Guajira region of north-eastern Colombia. It has been three years since its 200,000 ...

The struggle for access to safe and sufficient water for drinking and irrigation defines life for the indigenous Wayuu of La Guajira, Colombia’s northernmost department. Activists have described the ...