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 ...
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Cocaine Canyon: Inside Colombia's guerrilla-run micro-state
Drug-running guerrillas have repelled military efforts to retake a slice of southwest Colombia -- a virtual microstate where ...
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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 ...
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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 - ...
Colombia's leftist ELN guerilla group warns of 'total war', vows to resist govt's counteroffensive
Authorities accuse the ELN of collaborating with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, though the group denies direct involvement in drug ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Milford Mirror3d
Colombia's new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups
BOGOTA ,Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s newly appointed defense minister said Tuesday that he will focus on taking back territory ...
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Colombian guerrillas warn of 'total war' as peace plan falters
Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the ...
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Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a plan Monday ... crops and is one of Colombia's main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their ...