Cost of coca eradication skyrockets
Colombia’s illicit crop eradication strategy will cost the country more than $1.5 billion between 2010 and 2013, a figure almost double what was spent between 2003 and 2009, El Dinero…
Colombia’s illicit crop eradication strategy will cost the country more than $1.5 billion between 2010 and 2013, a figure almost double what was spent between 2003 and 2009, El Dinero…
Peruvian President Alan Garcia slams a United Nations (UN) report which claims Peru’s coca leaf production tops Colombia’s, and says that his nation “suffers the effects of Plan Colombia.” “It…
A United Nations official in Lima questions the U.N.’s finding that Peru produces more coca than Colombia, pointing out that the countries use different measuring methods. According to the official…
Peru has stolen Colombia’s crown as the worlds largest producer of coca leaf, according to the United Nations, which says Colombia’s drug control policy is “paying off.” According to Antonio…
Colombia faces Ecuador at the International Court of Justice for damage allegedly caused by the aerial fumigation of coca crops in the border region between 2000 and 2007. On Thursday,…
President-elect Juan Manuel Santos vows to continue Alvaro Uribe’s policies.
The Colombian departments of Cordoba, Guaviare, and Cauca saw significant increases in coca cultivation in 2009, although national production dropped 16%, El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to a forthcoming United…
Last week, the Colombian government released information showing that in 2009 Colombia had around 68,000 hectares of coca production. That is the lowest level since 1996, and it represents a…
Cultivation of coca in Colombia dropped for a second consecutive year in 2009, government sources told newspaper El Tiempo. The number of hectares used for coca production is now at…