Colombia: Colombia’s Coca Growers Fear New Peace Accord

Oct 27, 2016 | Erika Piñeros, IRIN
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In the wake of the shock referendum result earlier this month that derailed the peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), city-dwelling Colombians are pressuring the government to salvage the deal. But coca leaf growers in rural areas whose livelihoods are threatened by plans to demobilise FARC are breathing a sigh of relief.