Colombia misses coca crop substitution target by 40%
Colombia will fall short by 20,000 hectares in substituting illegal coca crops agreed to in a peace deal, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The country’s Defense Minister, Luis Carlos…
Colombia will fall short by 20,000 hectares in substituting illegal coca crops agreed to in a peace deal, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The country’s Defense Minister, Luis Carlos…
Colombia is experimenting with drones to see if the machines can fumigate coca, the base ingredient for cocaine, according to newspaper El Tiempo. According to the newspaper, initial tests indicate…
Colombia’s coca farmers may suspend their participation in the country’s crop substitution program over extreme violence and alleged government failures to facilitate the farmers’ transition to legality. The COCCAM, the…
Colombia’s counter-narcotics policy is on the brink of failure after more than 28 community leaders and almost 200 farmers were assassinated, according to the coca growers federation. According to COCCAM, the…
Colombia told the United Nations on Tuesday that economic development of the countryside is its primary strategy to curb the production and trafficking of cocaine. The South American country’s crop…
The United States embraces economic development as an integral part of a long-term strategy to reduce the flow of Colombian cocaine to the US drug consumption market.
The United States is failing to address the violence that threatens to undo the efforts of its most loyal ally in Latin America, Colombia, to make peace and drastically reduce…
Plagued by weak government and violent opposition from drug traffickers, Colombia is unlikely to meet the target of removing 50,000 hectares of coca through crop substitution before May. The strategy…
Alleged guerrillas that refused to demobilize with the FARC last year have attacked six UN officials who were in southern Colombia to verify the removal of coca crop. The United…