The report of a commission advising US Congress on counternarcotics efforts in the Americas was so superficial not even Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization could have taken offense. In fact,…
The governments of the Colombia and the US are in damage control mode after media revealed how their failing counternarcotics policy is hurting their political alliance. The US embassy and…
A judge gave Colombia’s President Ivan Duque 48 hours to suspend the participation of American troops in counternarcotics operations. The US sent 53 soldiers of a so-called Security Force Assistance…
When retired General Ricardo Restrepo was Colombia’s counternarcotics chief, drug trafficking spiraled out of control. The top police official was mingling with the mafia. Restrepo’s appearance in the Instagram profile…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court rejected President Ivan Duque’s request to loosen the conditions to resume the aerial spraying of coca, but left a tiny loophole. The decision is a blow for…
For the second time, Colombia’s National Police has bought a Chinese glyphosate banned by the United States for being too toxic and inflammable, local media reported Sunday. The $1 million…
The intention of Colombia’s government to resume the aerial fumigation of coca with glyphosate is facing opposition from the United Nations’ drug agency and bishops from areas where the base…
The US still strongly supports the resumption of aerial spraying of pesticide on Colombian coca fields, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a Senate panel Tuesday. Without mentioning any other…
Prominent opposition senators have announced criminal charges against Colombia’s former chief prosecutor and agents of the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), claiming they violated international law and human rights…