Colombia’s defense minister said Monday the government is ready to resume the aerial fumigation of coca after local media reported that forced eradication statistics were inflated. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes…
Colombia’s defense ministry has been reporting inflated statistics on the forced eradication of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, multiple counternarcotics officials told weekly Semana. Eight civilian eradicators and counternarcotics…
Colombia’s security forces forcibly eradicated 30% less coca in the first four months of the year compared to last years efforts, not exactly the 40% increase promised to the US…
The US military providing counternarcotics support to Colombia’s government despite its evident ties to drug traffickers is beyond absurd, yet no surprise. Until now, I thought the granting of a…
The Colombian government thought it could outsmart farmers by taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to resume the aerial spraying of coca. Turns out farmers aren’t stupid. In the latest…
Former coca farmers from Colombia’s “Peace Laboratory” fear a return to war if the government doesn’t live up to the peace process’ coca substitution program. Briceño, a municipality of 8,000…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday reminded the government it can forget aerial fumigation of coca if it doesn’t help farmers substitute crops as agreed. The court reminder comes days after…
Colombia’s coca growers demand the resignation of the director of the government program to voluntarily eradicate coca, as the country’s counternarcotics strategy is collapsing. The claim of Hernando Londoño, the…
The United States government will invest “billions of dollars” in rural development as part of its counternarcotics strategy in Colombia, a top official said Thursday. During a visit to Tumaco,…