Petro wants Colombia to pull out of US’ war on drugs
Leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro called Tuesday for Colombia to move away from the “ineffective” drug policies formed with the United States. Petro, a former mayor of Bogota and an…
Leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro called Tuesday for Colombia to move away from the “ineffective” drug policies formed with the United States. Petro, a former mayor of Bogota and an…
The United States will ask to resume aerial fumigation of coca if a United Nations-monitored crop substitution strategy fails to curb record cocaine production levels, according to Vice-President Oscar Naranjo.…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday said he has no faith the so-called “war on drugs” will be won by persecuting drug users and coca farmers. The president of…
Forced coca eradication in Colombia is outpacing voluntary eradication by a margin of more sixteen-to-one, endangering the peace process, according to the latest assessment by Bogota-based researchers at the Fundacion…
US support for Colombia’s peace process will backfire unless counter-narcotics policies are implemented with much greater patience, according to a new report from a major Colombian think tank. According to…
When Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas negotiated a deal to end the hemisphere’s longest armed conflict, they also took an unprecedented step toward a more productive and reasonable drug policy.…
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos repeated his call for a change in approach towards the war on drugs as he delivered his final speech as president before the 72nd United Nations…
While in Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump, Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos urged to broaden and intensify international crime-fighting efforts instead of only focusing on drugs. While speaking…
If you have a drug problem, blaming the producer of the ingredients of that drug is clearly a cop-out and no step on the road to recovery. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what…