UN warns of increased drug use in Colombia
Fabrizio Hochschild, UN coordinator in Colombia, on Tuesday warned that drug use has increased in the country; especially among university students.
Fabrizio Hochschild, UN coordinator in Colombia, on Tuesday warned that drug use has increased in the country; especially among university students.
Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world’s main grower of coca leaves — the basic ingredient to make cocaine, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The President of the The Federation of Ecuadorian Peasants (Forccofes) has said that he does not approve the agreement reached between Colombia and Ecuador over aerial coca spraying, local media…
The Colombian and Ecuadorian governments have reached an amicable agreement to end the aerial spraying of herbicides on illicit crops near the countries’ border, the Colombian government confirmed on Monday.
Land used for coca cultivation in Colombia fell 25% in 2012, according to a report released by the UN on Thursday.
The production of cocaine in Colombia has continued to decline throughout 2012, the United States said Wednesday.
Colombia’s national government on Monday said it will not talk to farmers in the northeast of the country until they end roadblocks and hostility towards police. According to local reports,…
Following two weeks of escalating protests of thousands of local farmers, local media on Sunday reported that two protesters had been killed.
Coca cultivation in Colombia dropped a spectacular 25% last year and hit a historic low, newspaper El Tiempo revealed Sunday based on undisclosed figures by the United Nations.