{"id":154,"date":"2025-06-03T01:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4q7jq2n.top\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/aiming-a-blow-at-narcos-colombia-pays-farmers-to-uproot-coca\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:23:26","slug":"aiming-a-blow-at-narcos-colombia-pays-farmers-to-uproot-coca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/aiming-a-blow-at-narcos-colombia-pays-farmers-to-uproot-coca\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiming a blow at narcos, Colombia pays farmers to uproot coca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first-ever leftist president, took office in 2022 with the goal of extricating his country from the US-led “war on drugs” blamed for double-victimization of rural Colombians already living under the yoke of violent criminal groups.<\/p>\n

On his watch, cocaine production in Colombia — the world’s biggest exporter of the drug — reached record levels as demand continues to grow in Europe and the United States — the principal consumer.<\/p>\n

Several previous attempts to get Colombian coca producers to change crops have failed as armed groups caused havoc and government payments and other assistance eventually dried up. <\/p>\n

For Gloria Miranda, head of Colombia’s illegal crop substitution program, told AFP would be naive to think this new program will end drug trafficking “as long as there is a market of 20 million consumers and it (cocaine) remains illegal.”<\/p>\n

In his stated quest for “total peace,” Petro has sought to negotiate with a variety of armed groups, meaning fewer military operations and the abandonment of forced coca eradication. <\/p>\n

But talks have mostly broken down, and the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House in January has ramped up pressure on Bogota.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is reviewing Colombia’s certification as an ally in the fight against drugs — a move that could restrict millions of dollars in military aid.<\/p>\n

With high stakes for its crop replacement gamble, observers fear the government may be taken advantage of.<\/p>\n

Some farmers may “try to deceive” by taking the money while continuing to grow coca, Argelia government secretary Pablo Daza told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Argelia (Colombia) (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia’s government is testing a pacific approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug’s main ingredient. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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