Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...
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Colombia to restart coca crop restitution program
The government announced to restart a crop restitution program in the northeast in of Colombia as part of a plan to attack the ... whose economy is dominated by the cultivation of coca and drug ...
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Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Petro has accused the rebels of trying to take over the region to control its coca crops and its drug-trafficking routes. Cocaine production in Colombia has been rising since 2013, according to ...