Colombian President Gustavo Petro has launched an ambitious plan to eradicate 25,000 hectares of coca plants in the northeastern Catatumbo region within 140 days. This initiative, which seeks to counter violent rebel influences benefiting from the drug trade, will compensate farmers transitioning to legal crops. The plan also involves military operations against rebel groups while enhancing infrastructure to support legal agriculture. Recent violence in the region underscores the urgency for peace negotiations and the government’s commitment to addressing coca cultivation as a means of stabilizing the area.
Peace in Colombia depends on the voluntary decision of farmers who grow coca to eradicate their crops.
The initiative aims to eradicate 25,000 hectares of coca bushes within 140 days while maintaining military operations against rebel groups.
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