Colombia signs $300 million UN deal to fight cocaine production
Monday, November 6, 2017
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Colombia has signed a $300 million agreement with the United Nations aimed at reducing the production of cocaine.
Farmers who switch from growing coca — the raw material used to make cocaine — to safer crops will be compensated.
Source: BBC