Colombia, the world's leading cocaine producer, broke its own record for coca leaf cultivation in 2021, a UN body said Thursday, as the government highlighted the "failure" of the US-led war on drugs.

Colombia breaks coca-growing record, slams 'failure of war on drugs', moots amnesty

Colombia hopes this year to eradicate 130,000 hectares (321,237 acres) of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Monday (February 10).

Colombia aims to eradicate 130,000 hectares of coca in 2020

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Colombia breaks coca-growing record, slams 'failure of war on drugs', moots amnesty

Colombia aims to eradicate 130,000 hectares of coca in 2020