Colombia can fumigate closer to Ecuador border: bi-national committee
A bi-national committee has concluded that Colombia can fumigate coca crops closer to Ecuador’s border, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported on Friday.
A bi-national committee has concluded that Colombia can fumigate coca crops closer to Ecuador’s border, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported on Friday.
Some 25 thousand farmers in southern Colombia have been involved in weeks-long protests demanding the national government end controversial aerial fumigation of coca crops and carry out due diligence in the awarding of oil…
The Colombian government and the FARC rebel group, the country’s largest, have reached an agreement on the issue of illicit drug cultivation, both negotiation teams confirmed Friday.
The rural farmers who are negatively impacted by aerial fumigation in Colombia are one of the most overlooked groups affected by the continuing drug conflict in the South American nation.
Colombia’s State Council ruled Monday that the government was responsible for the environmental and social damages of its aerial coca fumigation policy, reported national media.
The aerial fumigation of illicit crops is one of the most heavily criticized methods in Colombia’s fight against drug production. However, a number of political factors are converging which could…
Colombia’s Ministry of Justice is hoping to use US aid previously directed to the aerial fumigation of coca and poppy fields toward alternative crop incentives and other preventative measures.