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Duque's 'chemical warfare' against coca 'fuel for more war' in Colombia
by Adriaan Alsema April 14, 2021
Colombia’s justice minister took another step towards the aerial spraying of coca, which scholars believe will condemn the country to a new cycle of extreme violence.
The decree that regulates the use of the herbicide glyphosate is far-right President Ivan Duque‘s latest push to resume the aerial spraying of coca.
Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz stressed that the decree does not allow the immediate resumption of the controversial counternarcotics strategy.
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The government is desperately downplaying a surge in massacres and political violence that is terrorizing the countryside.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/duques-chemical-warfare-against-coca-to-fuel-for-more-war-in-colombia/
