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Judi Lynn

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:44 PM Nov 2020

How Biden's election may affect Colombia


by Adriaan Alsema November 8, 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden is likely to put more pressure on Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque to implement peace policies and combat drug trafficking.

US foreign policy on Colombia is unlikely to change substantially as this historically has been defined by US Congress.

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What is likely to change is the US Government’s scrutiny on Bogota‘s spending on American counternarcotics funds and an end to support for Duque’s far-right agenda.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two damning reports on Washington DC’s drug policy in Colombia, for example.

Trump was willing to look away as long as Duque supported The White House’s hardline stance on Venezuela, but Biden has shown little interest in this.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/how-bidens-election-may-affect-colombia/
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