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Alicia Civita

US Pulls Drug Certification From Colombia After 30 years, Pointing at Petro Over Record Cocaine Boom

Donald Trump / Gustavo Petro (Credit: AFP / Jim WATSON)

The United States has delivered a major blow to Colombia by stripping the South American country of its coveted anti-drug certification for the first time in three decades.

The decision, announced by President Donald Trump in a determination sent to Congress, blames President Gustavo Petro's government for presiding over a record cocaine boom and for failing to uphold international commitments to fight drug trafficking.

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