Colombia Does Drugs Flip-Flop
Just two days after angrily suspending drug-crop eradication over differences with Washington, the Colombian government announced Friday that it was resuming the program, but with greater autonomy.
Justice Minister Carlos Medellin declared that spraying would begin again Wednesday and that Colombia would try to pay for the eradication on its own, using assets seized from drug traffickers. The current program is largely underwritten by--and closely coordinated with--the United States.
Colombia’s decision to temporarily suspend eradication was a direct response to Washington’s decertification last week of this South American country as an ally in the war on drugs.
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