United Nations proposed to Colombia a new measurement on cocaine production In the country, questioned by Gustavo Petro’s government, after the United States withdraw the certification of the South American country as an ally in the anti -drug fight.
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Colombia beats records with 253,000 hectares of narcocultures in 2023, according to the latest United Nations report, figures whose rigor Petro recently criticized and that, according to him, They are behind Washington’s descertification.
The agency “It acknowledges that data related to potential cocaine production are limited to have a more precise panorama of (…) the implementation of drug policy”said the UN in a statement released in X. We are willing “To work together with the Colombian government to apply other statistical models”added to the country that produces more cocaine in the world.
In mid -September, Donald Trump’s government withdrew the certification and accused Colombia of not doing enough To combat drug trafficking. But the United States did not cut money or military aid for the fight against illegal groups to its historic regional partner.
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The Colombian Executive argues that it was a political decision for the ideological abyss between Petro and Trump, faced by issues such as migration or their position on the war in Gaza. “(The UN) accepts to correct the result of 2023 under a new review. All downtown was mounted on this fact”, Petro said in X this Monday.
The president had already advanced that he would ask the international body to correct “Methodological errors” That, according to him, they inflated the cocaine production figures in the country. The leftist government faces increasing criticism of the opposition for its stagnant plan To negotiate peace with all armed groups, while 2025 is positioned as one of the most violent years of the last decade in Colombia.
In one of the last bilateral voltage rebounds, Washington withdrew his visa to Petro and apart from his cabinet for the proportions of the president during a demonstration in New York.
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