BOGOTA, Colombia (AP ... region rattled by rebel attacks by paying farmers while they switch to legal crops. Petro said at a cabinet meeting that his government will seek to eradicate 25,000 ...
The government announced to restart a crop restitution program in the northeast in of Colombia as part of a plan to attack the finances of guerrilla group ELN. The resumption of the crop substitution ...
BOGOTA ,Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s newly appointed defense ... government would pay farmers in the Catatumbo region to replace coca plantations for legal crops in a bid to boost the region’s ...
Since October, Bogota has been trying to retake control of parts of Cauca from the EMC. Petro's government is proposing an ambitious crop substitution program to combat the drug trafficking ...
FILE - Colombia President's Gustavo Petro addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Advertisement ...