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Coca Crisis in Colombia
This chapter delves into Colombia's cocaine production landscape, emphasizing the rise in coca cultivation and the resulting economic crisis in rural areas post the 2016 peace deal. It examines the transformation of the drug trade, the emergence of numerous criminal groups, and the urgent need for government intervention to support coca farmers transitioning to legal livelihoods.
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