Tag Archives: coca eradication
PLAYING POLITICS WITH DRUGS
By Pascual Gaviria, EL ESPECTADOR, September 22, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/pascual-gaviria/politica-con-drogas/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) During the last presidential …
“THE MILITARIZATION IN NORTE DE SANTANDER HAS NOT TRANSLATED INTO AN IMPROVEMENT IN SECURITY”
By César Giraldo Zuluaga, EL ESPECTADOR, August 25, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia/mas-regiones/la-militarizacion-en-norte-de-santander-no-se-ha-traducido-en-una-mejora-de-la-seguridad/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Streams of irregular …
WITH A DECREE GOVERNING CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT TILTS THE SHOWDOWN OVER COCA ERADICATION IN ITS FAVOR
By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, April 13, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/con-decreto-sobre-tutelas-gobierno-inclinaria-a-su-favor-el-pulso-por-la-erradicacion-de-coca/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The decision that …
ANLA DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS SUPPORT FOR A FUMIGATION PLAN
EL TIEMPO, April 14, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/medio-ambiente/director-de-la-anla-habla-sobre-su-aval-a-plan-de-fumigaciones-581022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Rodrigo Suárez insists that he made the …
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020, 75 LEADERS OF COCA SUBSTITUTION HAVE BEEN MURDERED
By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, March 26, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/entre-2016-y-2020-75-lideres-de-sustitucion-de-coca-fueron-asesinados/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The We Are …
THE WAR AGAINST COCA AND PROTECTION OF THE CAMPESINOS
By Alejo Vargas Velásquez, El Colombiano, September 6, 2020 https://www.elcolombiano.com/opinion/columnistas/guerra-contra-la-coca-y-proteccion-campesina-EA13577322 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) We heard high …
COCA INFLATED: REPORTS OF ERADICATION BY THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN ALTERED
SEMANA, July 11, 2020 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/reportes-de-erradicacion-forzada-de-coca-del-gobierno-estarian-alterados/685728 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) SEMANA has obtained testimony and evidence from government …
A UNITED STATES BRIGADE IN COLOMBIA, ANOTHER BLOW TO THE PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTARY SUBSTITUTIONOF COCA PLANTINGS It will begin its operations on June 1
By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, May 31, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/brigada-norteamericana-en-colombia-otro-golpe-la-sustitucion-voluntaria-de-coca-articulo-921822 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Three campesinos and …
“WE’VE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THE DRUGS FOR 45 YEARS AND WE’RE WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE”: JUAN MANUEL SANTOS
By Felipe Morales Sierra, EL ESPECTADOR, May 7, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/llevamos-45-anos-luchando-contra-las-drogas-y-estamos-peor-que-antes-juan-manuel-santos-articulo-918441 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The former President, …
GOVERNMENT: ANSWER US!
By Patricia Lara Salive El Espectador, August 16, 2019 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Twenty members of Colombia’s …