The governors of the provinces where most of Colombia’s coca is grown have rejected the national government’s intentions to resume the aerial fumigation of coca, the base ingredient for cocaine.…
Colombia’s government on Monday announced the resumption of the controversial aerial fumigation of coca with glyphosate for the second time in a year. The use of glyphosate in areal spraying…
While desperately trying to meet coca eradication targets, Colombia’s government appears to be cooking the books on the human casualties and inventing resowing statistics. According to newspaper El Tiempo, policemen,…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque signed off on a law that allows mayors to determine where alcohol and drugs may or may not be consumed. The police code introduced by Duque’s…
Colombia’s far-right ruling party on Tuesday fiercely rejected a proposal of the leftist opposition to regulate the production and consumption of marijuana. The proposal of leftist opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar…
Colombia’s leftist opposition sponsored a bill to regulate marijuana as part of a package of legislation proposals that seeks to end the war on drugs. The marijuana bill of opposition…
I expect the United States to become a reliable partner in finding a solution for Colombia’s drug problem again once President Donald Trump is out of office. From abroad, it’s…
United States President Donald Trump urged Colombia’s government to resume the aerial fumigation of coca on Thursday as he certified the country as cooperative with Washington DC’s counternarcotics efforts. In…
Colombia’s opposition and center-right voting block on Tuesday presented a number of bills that seek to decriminalize drug use and ban glyphosate, the chemical the government wants to use to…