Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia
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For decades, coca eradication and substitution, to purportedly stop the cocaine trade at its source, were Colombia’s only policy responses to a plant that had always been part of its culture. These policies failed to reduce long-term coca cultivation, while harming the most vulnerable communities in the country and escalating the Americas’ longest civil war.
The 2016 peace agreement marked the first significant shift towards a new approach, one that prioritized human rights and public health in the issue of coca.
This week, David Restrepo of David Restrepo the Centro de Estudios sobre Seguridad y Drogas explains the history of this prohibition in Colombia and a great deal more.
The Colombia News Brief is reported by journalist Emily Hart.
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518: "Uribismo Killed Humour"
517: Kicked off the Podcast!
516: It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia! A look at press coverage of protests in the US and Colombia
515: Justice for Colombia's Children
514: Two Hoteliers in Colombia Share their Experiences...and it's not Pretty
513: In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected
512: There is no such thing as Spanish
511: Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey Rankin
510: Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin America
509: Colombia: A Wound that Never Heals
508: My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women’s empowerment in the barrios of Medellín
507: Explaining Nearshoring in Medellin, Colombia
506: The Amazon Blackwater Expedition
505: Photographing the Arahuacas of the Sierra Nevada
504: Colombia's violence from two perspectives
503: "Colombian food isn't bland, it's subtle."
502: Zombies, Magicians, Climate Saviours? Inside Colombia’s Fungi
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