"failing demonstrably to meet its drug control obligations."
"national interest waiver"
"Under the erratic and ineffectual leadership of President Gustavo Petro, coca cultivation and cocaine production and trafficking by narco-terrorist organizations in Colombia has surged to unprecedented levels,"
"To reduce coca leaf cultivation, what is needed is not glyphosate sprayed from planes, but a reduction in demand,"
The United States decertified Colombia as a drug control partner, citing failure to meet drug control obligations. The White House granted a national interest waiver, preserving U.S. aid and security cooperation despite the decertification. Colombia remains the world’s largest cocaine producer, with an estimated 50% rise in cocaine yield from 2022 to 2023 according to the UNODC. The move marks a symbolic rebuke and ends months of anxiety in Colombia over potential U.S. sanctions. U.S. criticism targeted President Gustavo Petro’s leadership, while Petro blamed demand in the U.S. and Europe and opposed aerial glyphosate spraying.
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