Tag: crop substitution
Colombia may resume use of glyphosate to curb coca cultivation
Colombia’s counternarcotics police may resume the use of the controversial herbicide...
Colombia to restart coca crop restitution program
The government announced to restart a crop restitution program in the northeast in of Colombia as...
Colombia wants to supports farmers after expelling guerrillas from coca-crowing region
President Gustavo Petro announced that his government plans to buy coca from farmers while they...
Colombia’s cocaine market collapsed: farmers
Farmers from multiple parts of Colombia say cocaine sales have collapsed after a surge in the...
Colombia’s ‘peace laboratory’ decries government failures in coca substitution
Former coca farmers from Colombia’s “Peace Laboratory” fear a return to war if...
No aerial fumigation of coca without crop substitution, Colombia’s court reminds government
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday reminded the government it can forget aerial...
Ivanka Trump “interested” in revising US counternarcotics strategy: Colombia’s VP
Ivanka Trump, the daughter and adviser of United States President Trump, is interested in US...
“Heavily armed men” displace farmers after government fails to substitute removed coca crops
Heavily armed men have displaced entire townships in northern Colombia after the government...
Protesters clash with police in northern Colombia as farmers return to coca cultivation
Farmers have clashed with riot police in northern Colombia, with 400 demonstrating against...
Coca substitution promoter and sons murdered in southwest Colombia
A farmers’ representative who was leading local efforts to voluntarily eradicate coca in...
Colombia’s counter-narcotics efforts on brink of failure: farmers
Colombia’s counter-narcotics policy is on the brink of failure after more than 28 community...
Portugal contributes $230K to Colombia coca crop substitution
Portugal on Monday is contributing €200,000 ($230,000) for Colombia’s efforts to curb drug...
