“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 ...

The demobilization of an ELN faction is a symbolic rather than substantive step forward for Colombia’s Total Peace policy.

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 ...

Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay. Mongabay: The government recently announced a new coca crop substitution program to pay farmers 1.28 million pesos ...