Members of Maicao, Colombia’s Muslim community pray at the Omar Ibn Al-Jattab mosque, built in 1997. MAURICIO MORENO El Tiempo MAICAO, Colombia Religious holidays have always been an occasion to ...

The United Nations refugee agency set up a facility in Maicao near the Venezuelan border, providing help for more than 300 migrants. The facility... Venezuelans Find Temporary Lifeline At Colombia's ...

MAICO, Colombia – When you ask Colombians what La Guajira desert is known for, many will say a vacation. It’s long been known as a tourist spot. But instead of vacationers, the desert in Maicao, ...

When Darlys* fled Venezuela with her two children looking for safety, she never imagined she would end up sleeping on the streets of Maicao, a Colombian city near the northern border. Darlys had no ...

Some 3 million Venezuelans—a tenth of the population—have left Venezuela since late leader Hugo Chavez started his socialist revolution in 1999. More than 500,000 have fled to Colombia—many ...

The town of Maicao, in Colombia's Guajira Desert, just a few miles from the Venezuelan border, used to be jammed with visiting Venezuelans snapping up TVs, computers and 12-year-old Scotch. On good ...

Standing next to her makeshift home of scrap metal, wood and plastic tarp, 47-year-old Nelly Mengual recounts how severe flooding and winds tore off her roof a few months ago, leaving her knee-deep in ...