Colombia is the only country that allows aerial fumigation
of drug crops. Engle mentions
that communities living next to coca crops strongly oppose the policy. They
claim that the glyphosate that government planes spray onto coca fields
negatively impacts trees, animals, and rivers in surrounding areas.
Above, a man covers his face as he stands next to a truck burned during a protest staged by farmers in the Taraza municipality, Antioquia department, on Oct. 5, 2011. More than 2,000 farmers from different regions arrived at Taraza to protest against the Colombian government and to demand it cease fumigation of illicit crops with glyphosate.
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