Despite decades of counter-narcotics efforts, Colombia potentially produced a record 1,379 metric ton of cocaine in 2017, the United Nations said Wednesday. The production is more than 10 times the…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday did not “decertify” Colombia as a partner in his government’s efforts to curb drug trafficking to the United States as he threatened to do…
President Ivan Duque is meeting with senior US officials in Bogota on Tuesday to further align Colombia’s attempts to curb cocaine production with the US’ controversial “war on drugs.” Statements…
The war on drugs could get ugly in Colombia after the country’s new government said it would ignore crop substitution agreements made with 75,000 coca-growing families and send in the military.…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday said that his country will use drones to return to the aerial fumigation of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine. The country’s government…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday defended his country’s efforts to fight drug trafficking as the US released record cocaine production numbers. Santos, who will leave office on August…
Colombia’s president-elect Ivan Duque wants a more aggressive approach to curb the cultivation of coca, the base ingredient for cocaine.
Colombia’s new president-elect on Monday will receive a detailed report on how Colombia’s drug trade is worse then ever before. The report was partially revealed on Friday by Defense Minister…
Coca cultivation in Colombia has skyrocketed to levels unseen in the history of cocaine trafficking, the country’s defense minister admitted on Thursday. According to the SIMCI measuring system that is…