The United States has officially nominated as a “obviously failed” country to control Colombia’s duty to control drug trafficking, but prevented the lack of blocking the US aid to Colombia.
Each year, the US government officially certifies that the US government has been found to have a lot of US -led efforts and whether there is a risk of reducing US funding.
On Monday, the Trump administration said that Colombia’s cocaine produced the highest record according to Gustavo Petro, the left wing of Colombian leaders.
As a result, the Colombian government said it would stop buying weapons in the United States.
Armando, Minister of Home Affairs, said the local radio would stop his government’s purchase of US weapons.
Other countries that the United States did not achieve their goals were Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela.
Colombia has been added to the list for the first time since 1997.
This measure is likely to have more sour relationships between the left and the Trump administration.
President Petro visited social media and responded to the US claim that the region was planted in Coca -bushes and cocaine production reached a record level for his time.
Coca leaves are the core ingredients of cocaine and Colombia has been the best producer of illegal drugs for a long time.
According to a survey by UNDOC (United Nations Office), Coca Bush cultivation increased by 10% in 2023. The figure in 2024 will be announced next month.
However, Petro claimed that his predecessor, the IVán Duque government, who ruled from 2018 to 2022, has increased significantly in the area of Coca.
According to the Colombian presidency, 1,764 tons of cocaine were seized by the government security forces between August 2022 and in November 2024. In 2025, drug seizures continued in 2025, official Tallies suggested.
Petro also said that in order to decrease the coca cultivation, the demand for cocaine in the United States and Europe needs to be reduced.
On the other hand, the United States said in Petro’s doors that the president’s peace talks with several armed groups (finance through many drug trafficking) interfere with the fight against drugs.
The president’s decision to be submitted to the US Congress said, “His attempt to find accommodation with drug terrorist groups worsened the crisis.”
This document continues to praise the “technology and courage” of the Colombian security forces facing criminal groups.
“Colombia has not been able to meet drug control over the past year,” he concluded.
However, the government is open to the government to say, “If you take more aggressive measures to eradicate cocaine and reduce cocaine production and human trafficking.”
And the investigation from Washington was clearly angry with President Petro, but his government would also be relieved that the popularity did not reduce the US’s aid flow.
When Trump prioritizes the fight against the “drug terrorist”, Colombia’s eradication comes.
On Monday, he announced that the US military destroyed Venezuela drug vessels in the Southern Caribbean International Sea.
Trump said three people died in the strike.
He added that the US had evidence that boats were in the drug terror group but have not yet been released.
With the addition of additional reports of Luis Fajardo, a Latin American expert in the BBC monitoring
