Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 29 de julio de 2020.
A look at the aggressive coca eradication operation taking place in the Guayabero River region of south-central Colombia.
Crisis humanitaria en el Guayabero, ¿qué está pasando?
Videos tagged “Coca”
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Una conversación sobre erradicación forzada, PNIS y los acuerdos con campesinos cultivadores de cultivos de uso ilícito
Publicado por CESED Uniandes el 27 de julio de 2020.
An interview about coca eradication and substitution with Pedro Arenas of Corporación Viso Mutop, former mayor of San José del Guaviare.
¿Erradicación forzada? ¿Para qué?
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 22 de julio de 2020.
The Truth Commission hosts a discussion of forced coca eradication, with community leaders from Guaviare and Meta.
La coca inflada
Publicado por Semana el 12 de julio de 2020.
The newsmagazine reveals that coca eradication teams have been inflating statistics of their results for years.
Lanzamiento: El catálogo de las pequeñas soluciones: historias de sustitución de cultivos ilícitos
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 24 de junio de 2020.
Launch of a report on coca substitution alternatives, the product of a collaboration between a journalist and a scholar/expert.
La increíble odisea de arrancar una mata de coca
Publicado por Semana el 24 de junio de 2020.
A look at the effort that goes into manual coca eradication.
Colombia siembra menos coca, pero produce la misma cocaína
Published by La Silla Vacía on June 17, 2020.
A discussion of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2019 coca and cocaine production estimates with Juan Carlos Garzón of the Fundación Ideas para la Paz.
Presidente Iván Duque revela situación y cifras de cultivos ilícitos en Colombia
Publicado por Semana el 17 de junio de 2020.
Press conference to announce the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s findings regarding coca cultivation in 2019.
Sandra and Dora
Published by One Earth Future on June 11, 2020.
In Valle del Cauca, Sandra and Dora, members of CORTUCAN, tell how they are making ecotourism a sustainable livelihood for their families.
De nuevo la guerra tóxica aspersión con glifosato – Camilo Gonzalez Posso
Publicado por INDEPAZ el 9 de junio de 2020.
The director of INDEPAZ offers a critical update on the government’s efforts to comply with Constitutional Court requirements necessary to restart aerial coca fumigation.
Incrementan choques entre campesinos y Ejército por erradicación forzada de coca
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 1 de junio de 2020.
Video of recent confrontations between coca-growing communities and government eradication forces, in which several farmers have died.
Johana and Saura – Women Seeding Peace
Published by One Earth Future on May 28, 2020.
Saura and Johana tell how they came back to their lands in Catatumbo and how, after subscribing to the National Comprehensive Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS), they began to grow food where there were once coca crops.
Socorro – Women Seeding Peace
Published by One Earth Future on May 21, 2020.
Socorro attends the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of San José del Guaviare.
Mirian – Women Seeding Peace
Published by One Earth Future on May 8, 2020.
In Anorí, Antioquia, Mirian tells how PASO Colombia’s Contingency Plan To Support Ex-coca Grower Families enabled her to receive the first formal payment of her life.
Los riesgos de la erradicación forzada de cultivos de coca en las regiones
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 6 de mayo de 2020.
A discussion of the Colombian government’s continued coca eradication operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with coca-growing community leaders from Catatumbo, Putumayo, Caquetá, and southern Córdoba.
Nancy – Women Seeding Peace
Published by One Earth Future on April 30, 2020.
Nancy tells how she has implemented her leadership and gender-related insights in the municipal nursery of Anorí, Antioquia.
La guerra eterna del Catatumbo
Publicado por Semana el 21 de abril de 2020.
An update on armed-group activity and illicit economies in the conflictive region of Norte de Santander department, near the Venezuelan border.
Emilse – Women Seeding Peace
Published by One Earth Future on April 20, 2020.
Emilse, from Caquetá, tells how after eradicating her coca plants, she joined with several neighbors to grow food and develop productive animal breeding projects.
¿Por qué aumentan los cultivos de coca en Colombia?
Publicado por Semana el 30 de marzo de 2020.
Ariel Ávila explains the stubborn persistence of coca cultivation in Colombia.
Las dificultades de las mujeres en Putumayo para sustituir los cultivos de coca
Publicado por Colombia 2020 (El Espectador) el 27 de febrero de 2020.
Two women from Putumayo talk about how coca cultivation and related violence have affected their lives, and their leadership of efforts to turn away from the crop.
“Durante la negociación de paz con las Farc, la siembra de coca se disparó”
Publicado por Las 2 Orillas el 13 de febrero de 2020.
An interview with drug policy expert Juan Carlos Garzón of the Fundación Ideas para la Paz.