The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca crops and is one of Colombia's main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their coca plantings voluntarily and ...

The government announced to restart a crop restitution program in the northeast in of Colombia as part of a plan to attack the ... whose economy is dominated by the cultivation of coca and drug ...

“Peace in Colombia depends on the voluntary decision of farmers who grow coca to eradicate their crops,” Petro stated during the meeting. In January, over 36,000 individuals were displaced ...