US says Colombia failing to meet drug war obligations amid record cocaine output
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The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time since 1997, citing soaring cocaine production and worsening relations with President Gustavo Petro’s government.
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MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades
The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time since 1997, citing soaring cocaine production and worsening relations with President Gustavo Petro’s government.
The Trump administration said Monday that Colombia had “failed demonstrably” in its obligations to fight drug trafficking but the US will continue to provide funding to the country.
President Gustavo Petro lamented the decision, saying that all these efforts combine “to stop North American society from smearing its noses” in cocaine.
For the first time in decades, the U.S. has decertified Colombia as a drug control partner — a symbolic blow to one of Washington's closest allies in Latin America.
The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in almost 30 years, a stinging rebuke to a traditional U.S. ally.
