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The "War on Drugs" is a facade for imperialist intervention, with the US providing military financing, installing bases, and supporting candidates in Latin America, particularly in Colombia, where peasant farmers are criminalized and persecuted, according to research cited by CounterPunch.
The drug trafficking industry generates massive flows of laundered cash, lubricating the financial system and allowing for the control of marginalized communities through social demoralization and police intervention, with big capitalists reaping large profits, as noted by President Gustavo Petro.
The Colombian peasant movement demands voluntary crop replacement and an end to forced eradication methods, instead calling for agrarian reform, guaranteed prices for legal crops, and public services to transform the social and economic conditions that push families into illicit agriculture, as stated in the research dossier.
