Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...
Anadolu Agency1d
Colombia's president says FARC dissident guerrillas are ‘private army’ of Mexican cartels
FARC dissidents, Mexican cartels and local groups fueling escalating conflict in Micay Canyon - Anadolu Ajansı ...
Colombia's new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups
Colombia's newly appointed defense minister says he will focus on taking back territory lost to rebel groups that have forced ...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle3d
Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...
Colombian president urges marijuana legalization to end cartel violence
Colombia President Gustavo Petro is calling on his country's Congress to legalize marijuana, saying its prohibition "only ...
Daily Mail3d
Colombia calls for UN to pull cocaine's main ingredient from its 'harmful substances list' after president said the drug 'is no worse than whiskey'
Colombia has urged the UN to remove cocaine's main ingredient from its list of harmful substances, after its president said the drug is 'no worse than whiskey.' The country is the world's biggest ...
Salon4d
Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?
The struggle to dominate the cocaine trade has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. However, Colombia’s progressive president Gustavo Petro now wants to go further and end the war on drugs ...
Anadolu Agency10d
Colombian president asks congress to legalize marijuana
I ask Colombian Congress to legalize marijuana,' says Gustavo Petro, adding that 'prohibition of marijuana in Colombia only ...
Newsday10d
Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a ... violence and weaken rebel groups that profit from the cocaine trade. The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca ...