Human Rights Watch (HRW) echoed the UN and Catholic Church’s claims in a separate report released on Monday, saying fighting between ELN and dissident FARC forces in early 2022 had caused thousands to flee a “dramatic increase in violence” on the Colombia-Venezuela border. HRW also accused Venezuelan armed forces of conducting joint operations with ELN guerrilla fighters against FARC dissidents in the border area in early 2022, contributing to the violence in the region. By Jorge Engels and Stefano Pozzebon. Full Text -> EgyptIndependent

Traducción de cortesía -> Human Rights Watch (HRW) se hizo eco de las afirmaciones de la ONU y la Iglesia Católica en un informe separado publicado el lunes, diciendo que los combates entre el ELN y las fuerzas disidentes de las FARC a principios de 2022 habían provocado que miles de personas huyeran de un “aumento dramático de la violencia” en la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela. . HRW también acusó a las fuerzas armadas venezolanas de realizar operaciones conjuntas con guerrilleros del ELN contra disidentes de las FARC en la zona fronteriza a principios de 2022, contribuyendo a la violencia en la región

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

La zona limítrofe con Venezuela es uno de los mayores focos de violencia que siguió al acuerdo de paz de 2016 en Colombia. Las disidencias y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), la última guerrilla reconocida en el país, libran desde hace más de un año una disputa por las rentas derivadas del narcotráfico, según el gobierno.  Texto Completo -> Deutsche Welle

Los enfrentamientos en Arauca y zona fronteriza con Venezuela dejaron 27 muertos durante los primeros 3 días del 2022. Grupos ilegales, rentas ilícitas, extorsiones y asesinatos a familiares de combatientes de las disidencias de las FARC y el ELN habrían desencadenado la ola de violencia, agravada por un histórico olvido estatal. Por Carolina Valencia Lucas. Texto Completo ->NoticiasCaracol

Colombia has deployed thousands of troops to a restive region in the country’s north near the border with Venezuela in a declared attempt to bolster government control of the area, which is a hotspot of activity by criminal groups and drug traffickers. Full Text-> PressTV

Traducción de cortesía-> Colombia ha desplegado miles de tropas en una región convulsa en el norte del país, cerca de la frontera con Venezuela, en un intento declarado de reforzar el control gubernamental del área, que es un foco de actividad de grupos criminales y narcotraficantes.

En la madrugada de este sábado, una unidad que desarrollaba “operaciones militares” en una comunidad fue atacada “con artefactos explosivos, ráfagas de fusil y ametralladora por parte de los criminales del grupo armado organizado ELN”, informó el ejército en un comunicado obtenido por la AFP. Texto completo-> Francia24

Courtesy translation ->In the early hours of this Saturday, a unit carrying out “military operations” in a community was attacked “with explosive devices, rifle and machine gun bursts by criminals from the organized armed group ELN,” the army reported in a statement obtained by the AFP

During his visit to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Defense Minister Diego Molano also referred to this visit and said that he appreciated the support of the international community in addressing the humanitarian crisis at the border. According to local media, the delegation was made up of representatives of the embassies in Colombia from Germany, Brazil, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom; the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Also, the European Union; the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, together with the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Full Text -> Market Research Telecast

Colombia has decided to reopen by surprise from the early hours of this Wednesday its border crossings with Venezuela, which had been closed for 14 months as part of the measures to contain the spread of the pandemic in its territory. It will do so in a “gradual” manner as part of the economic reactivation efforts with which it faces a critical moment in which all kinds of protests, blockades and riots are already over a month old and the authorities are also facing the third wave of the coronavirus. Full Text -> Market ResearchTelecast

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro asked Colombia on Sunday to coordinate the reopening of the common border against the Ivan Duque government’s plans to reopen them on June 1, and warned that “nothing unilateral will succeed”. “For good, you can open the borders,” said Maduro, who accused Duque of seeking “to disturb the borders” in order to “divert attention” from the mass protests that have paralyzed his country. By Aygen Marsh. Full Text-> AmicoHoopes

Maduro said Ivan Duque’s unilateral move would destabilize the border, arguing that people transiting between the two countries would create a COVID-19 crisis in the bordering region. He specifically claimed that Colombia would “contaminate” Venezuela with its COVID variants. By Jorge Jraissati. Full Text -> AnadoluAgency

Colombia reopened on Wednesday its land and water borders with all of its immediate neighbors – with the exception of Venezuela – the ministry of foreign affairs said, as the government tries to boost economic recovery in border regions. Colombia’s government first closed its borders in March last year in an attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. While sea borders were initially reopened late last year, land and river crossings remained closed. By Oliver Griffin. Full Text -> USNews