Colombia to deploy 5000 troops and begin crop substitution pilot to curb coca cultivation
Colombia will deploy an extra 5,000 men in a pilot campaign to eradicate coca, the crop used to...
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International commission critical of Colombia’s anti-drug policies
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) has produced a report in which it is critical of...
Bogota forum on drugs: panelists call for increased rural investment
A forum on “Solutions to the Problem of Illicit Drugs”, calling for increased social...
Colombia govt responsible for ‘indiscriminate’ crop eradication
Colombia’s state council on Wednesday condmned the government’s “indiscriminate” spraying of herbicides in southern Colombia and ordered the Ministry of Defense and the National Police to reforest...
Damage is done by ‘bad aim’ spraying illicit crops
Poison is sprayed on Illicit crops with “bad aim” admitted Minsiter of Agriculture Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar during a meeting with farmers in the western department of Nariño, reported Radio Caracol Friday....
1 dead and 7 seriously ill after drinking contaminated liquor
A man has died and seven others are seriously ill after drinking homemade liquor contaminated by government anti-coca pesticide, reported Fox News Latino. The victims fell ill 20 minutes after drinking chicha, a liquor fermented...
West Colombia coca fumigation suspended after protests
Authorities have suspended the fumigation of coca plantations in west Colombia following days of community protests. Up to 5000 people have been blocking roads near the Panama border in the department of Choco since Sunday to...
Deal for 2,000 Antioquia displaced to return home
After a week of negotiations, 2,000 people displaced from Bajo Cauca to Taraza in the Antioquia department reach an agreement with the local government to return home. The exodus began three weeks ago with the displaced, who...
Govt-displaced talks reach deadlock
Negotiations between local government officials and 2,500 displaced people in the town of Taraza in the Antioquia department have reached a deadlock as the farmers demand an end to crop fumigation, Caracol Radio reported...
