FARC-EP Advocate for Redefinition of Counter-Drug Policy
Prensa Latina News Agency - Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People''s Army (FARC-EP) advocated here today for a counter-drug policy with a humanized approach in the context of the Integral Rural Reform. Through a statement, insurgents highlighted the recent completion of the National Agrarian Summit, held in Bogota, from March 15 to 17, where besides the demans concerning the rural theme, and mining and energy explotation, Colombian peasants expressed their opinions on coca, marijuana and poppy crops. In view of the peasants, the forced eradication and air fumigations which poison fields will not solve the problem, affirmed the guerillas which considered as failed and repressive the Government's counter-narcotic policy, and recognized the rural sector as the main victim of this problem and its impacts. Therefore, in the context of the XXII cicle of peace dialogues cary out since November, 2012 in this capital, the FARC-EP considere