Colombia Trade announces the illegal coca and poppy crops, grown by narco-traffickers in Colombia to produce cocaine and heroin, are destroying one of the most important environmentally rich regions on the planet. An estimated 6,600 hectares of poppy crops are growing in the Andean forests and the high Andean mountains. The total area damaged to […]
COLOMBIA IS: A gateway to Latin America. Colombia is located in the middle of the Western hemisphere, on the northern coast of the South American continent. Colombia’s Caribbean coast is closer to Miami than Miami is to New York. A large country. Colombia is the size of Texas and California combined. Its 45 million people make it […]
Colombia and the United States have embarked on a cooperative effort to defeat terrorism and narco-trafficking in Colombia. This effort will lead to a peaceful and prosperous Colombia and enhanced stability and security across the Andean region. The illegal, violent actors in Colombia’s conflict have close ties with international networks that supply drugs, arms, money […]
