Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Kolumbien. Colombia ends forced eradication of coca after US urges “more aggressive action”
Kolumbien. Colombia ends forced eradication of coca after US urges “more aggressive action”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro aid Wednesday that the security forces would never again forcibly eradicate coca, after his US counterpart Donald Trump demanded “more aggressive action.”
In a televised address, Petro made it clear that he had no intention to give in to US demands after Trump revoked Colombia’s certification as a cooperative partner in his country’s drug policy.
According to the president, the decertification was “an injustice, a profound insult to the country that has shed the most blood so that society in the United States and Europe does not consume so much cocaine.” (Colombia Teprots, Kolumbien, 18.09.2025)