On the foreign scene: Colombia halts US arms purchases after anti-drug decertification

Colombia has stopped arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, after Washington decertified the South American country as an anti-drugs ally for failing to halt cocaine trafficking.

President Donald Trump denounced his leftist Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro for not only failing to curb cocaine production but also overseeing its surge to “all-time records.”

Trump added that as a result, he had “designated Colombia as having failed demonstrably to meet its drug control obligations.”

Reacting to the news, Colombian Interior Minister, Armando Benedetti, told reporters that henceforth, weapons will not be purchased from the United States.

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