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Colombia 'Committed' To Drug Fight, Minister Says, As US Deadline Looms

Since coming to power in 2022, Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro has championed a paradigm shift in the US-led war on drugs -- which it considers a failure -- to tackling the social problems that fuel drug trafficking (Credit: AFP)

Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez has insisted that his country is "absolutely committed" to combatting drug trafficking, as the United States mulls whether to blacklist the country for failing to curb cocaine exports.

US President Donald Trump's administration is to decide by September 15 whether to decertify Colombia as an ally in the battle against drugs.

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