Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday that he his US counterpart agreed to dramatically increase the forced eradication of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, to 130,000 hectares. Defense Minister Carlos…
Colombia’s coca growers demand the resignation of the director of the government program to voluntarily eradicate coca, as the country’s counternarcotics strategy is collapsing. The claim of Hernando Londoño, the…
The governors of the provinces where most of Colombia’s coca is grown have rejected the national government’s intentions to resume the aerial fumigation of coca, the base ingredient for cocaine.…
Colombia’s government on Monday announced the resumption of the controversial aerial fumigation of coca with glyphosate for the second time in a year. The use of glyphosate in areal spraying…
While desperately trying to meet coca eradication targets, Colombia’s government appears to be cooking the books on the human casualties and inventing resowing statistics. According to newspaper El Tiempo, policemen,…
Colombia’s national indigenous organization ONIC on Tuesday urged the Government to immediately kick off a program to replace coca and marijuana for legal crops to end escalating violence in the…
I expect the United States to become a reliable partner in finding a solution for Colombia’s drug problem again once President Donald Trump is out of office. From abroad, it’s…
United States President Donald Trump urged Colombia’s government to resume the aerial fumigation of coca on Thursday as he certified the country as cooperative with Washington DC’s counternarcotics efforts. In…
Colombia’s potential cocaine production went up while less drugs were seized in 2018, resulting in a 13% increase in potential cocaine exports. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs…