Colombia suspended a coca crop substitution pilot program after locals turned against the project, claiming the government failed to honor commitments made to coca-growing communities in a peace deal with Marxist FARC guerrillas.…
The United States’ soon-to-be-released official 2016 report on coca cultivation in Colombia reveals that cultivation of the illicit crop in Colombia has gone up 38% since the start of the $10 billion counter-narcotics strategy…
Colombia’s Minister for Defense on Tuesday confirmed that coca production in the South American country continues to rise despite ongoing government efforts to curb it. Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas…
Both the US ambassador to Bogota and the US international narcotics chief have confirmed the US government could cut aid for peace in Colombia after initially promising $450 million. The…
The production of coca crops in Colombia continues to rise dramatically, according to a report published on Thursday by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). While coca cultivation has dropped in…
With the FARC in the process of leaving behind their areas of influence to demobilize and reintegrate into society, coca growers in Colombia are increasingly worried about their safety and…
If it were up to the Colombian government, it will get rid of 75% of all the country’s coca, the plant to produce cocaine. Some 50,000 hectares are supposed to…
Colombia’s government and demobilizing FARC guerrillas plan to eradicate some 50,000 hectares of coca in the South American country this year. The target is half of what was promised by…
Colombia’s government aims to get rid of 100,000 hectares of coca in 2017 as the country prepares to implement its post-war counter-narcotics strategy. The ambitious goal, announced by defense minister Luis Carlos Villegas…