U.S. cooperation has been instrumental in strengthening Colombia's security forces, law enforcement, and justice institutions ...

Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.

Forget tariffs. Another tool of economic statecraft is far better suited to the problem of illegally manufactured fentanyl.

Rocketing consumption of synthetic drug fentanyl in the U.S. has led some - including Colombia's President Gustavo Petro - to forecast declines in cocaine production in the Andean country, the ...

His example is fentanyl and how North American multinationals created it as a pharmaceutical. “If you want peace, you have to dismantle the business [of drug trafficking],” President Petro argued.

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Using the U.S. military in Mexico to deal with the fentanyl crisis in the United States is the hot new policy solution for lots of U.S. politicians.

Sept. 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Treasury announced a series of new political sanctions on businesses in Mexico and citizens of Colombia allegedly tied to a "significant" flow of illicit drugs into the ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whisky,” as he suggested the multibillion dollar illicit trade in the drug could be “easily dismantled” if it was ...

Fentanyl has been in the headlines across Texas, ... Mexico and Colombia. It’s often portrayed in film and television as a needle drug, but the substance can also be snorted or smoked.