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US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
- The Trump administration added Colombia to a list of countries failing to meet counternarcotics obligations on Monday, the first time since 1997.
- This designation came after a significant increase in cocaine output and deteriorating relations with Colombia's leftist president, following reduced crop eradication efforts and changes in policy since the 2016 peace agreement.
- In 2023, Colombia saw the area used for coca cultivation reach its highest level ever at approximately 253,000 hectares, nearly tripling over the past ten years despite efforts under the 2016 peace agreement to encourage rural development and voluntary substitution of illicit crops.
- Last year, Colombia confiscated an unprecedented 884 metric tons of drugs, with 654 metric tons seized so far this year. Meanwhile, manual coca crop eradication has significantly declined to 5,048 hectares, a sharp drop from the 68,000 hectares cleared during the previous administration.
- Security expert Adam Isacson stated the decertification is a blunt tool and irritant that could hinder rural security and complicate U.S.-Colombia cooperation beyond drug issues.
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Trump smacks Colombia with failing to cooperate in drug war for first time in nearly 30 years, stunning long-time ally
President Gustavo Petro lamented the decision, saying that all these efforts combine “to stop North American society from smearing its noses” in cocaine.
The US no longer ranks Colombia as an ally in the fight against drug crime. Colombian head of state Gustavo Petro failed to contain cocaine production, US President Donald Trump said on Monday.
Colombia fits a new blow in its difficult relationship with the United States of Donald Trump. The Republican has chosen to disapprove the performance of the Andean country in the anti-drug struggle, the dreaded decertification, as Gustavo Petro has anticipated. “The United States decertifies us after dozens of deaths,” the president of Colombia lamented Monday night during a Council of Ministers, moments before the official announcement, withou…
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