COLOMBIAN police have killed nine coca leaf-growers protesting against an eradication sweep, farmers said on Thursday.
The Association of Community Action Boards (Asominuma) said another 18 were injured in clashes with state police on Wednesday near Tumaco in the south-western coastal state of Narino, Latin American news site TeleSur reported.
The clashes occurred as hundreds of farmers formed a human chain to prevent the entry of crop-destroying teams in the Alto Mira and Frontera areas of Llorente Corregimiento in Tumaco municipality.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
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