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Gustavo Petro suggested legalizing cocaine during US Secretary of Homeland Security’s visit
The Colombian Minister of Defense, present at the meeting between Kristi Noem and the president, claims that he compared the ...
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Legal Cocaine? Colombia’s President Thinks It’s the Answer to End Drug Trafficking
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to legalize cocaine to combat drug trafficking in Colombia. You read that right. President Petro is suggesting that cocaine should be legalized. The ...
Cocaine 'no worse than whiskey' and should be legal - says man likely to get rich from it
Cocaine ‘is no worse than whiskey’ – these are the words of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. He said during a live ...
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The Italian mafia’s tentacles in Colombia: Cheaper cocaine and ties with the Gulf Clan
The recent capture of several leaders of the Camorra and the ‘Ndragheta highlights the extensive operations of European crime ...
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Gustavo Petro’s Final Year
Gustavo Petro became Colombia’s first left-wing president three years ago. With a hostile Congress threatening his landmark ...
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Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a plan ... crops and is one of Colombia's main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their ...
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Cocaine Canyon: Inside Colombia's guerrilla-run micro-state
No one enters or leaves without the guerrillas' say-so, state-issued IDs are worthless and cocaine production ... In October, Colombian President Gustavo Petro launched Operation Persius to ...