Bogotá, Oct 28, 2025 (AFP) - Amid row with Trump, Colombian leader downplays rising coca yields

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro, sanctioned by the United States for allegedly allowing drug cartels to flourish, acknowledged Tuesday that his country's production of coca, the main ingredient in cocaine, had grown within the past year. Writing on X, Petro said the area devoted to cultivation of the coca plant in Colombia had in 2024 "increased by only 3%" from 2023, when it already hit a record high. Petro was pre-empting the release of an an......

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