Tag Archives: coca eradication
HAMBURGERS MADE OF CACAO, AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE STOPPED PLANTING COCA
By Melissa Téllez Serrano, EL ESPECTADOR, July 6, 2023 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia/mas-regiones/hamburguesas-de-cacao-una-alternativa-para-quienes-dejaron-de-cultivar-coca/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This innovative creation … Read More »
COLOMBIA PRODUCES 90% OF THE COCAINE THAT ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
EL ESPECTADOR, February 16, 2023 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/colombia-produce-el-90-de-la-cocaina-que-llega-a-estados-unidos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Todd Robinson, a United States diplomat, stated … Read More »
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 … Read More »
“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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »