Colombia’s Petro Says Cocaine Among Country’s Top Exports
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said cocaine has always been a top export for his country after a report estimated the narcotic would overtake oil to become the nation’s top exporting product.
“Cocaine has been Colombia’s first export product several times, and if not, the second,” Petro said Friday evening in a message on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. “Sad reality of oil economies that neglect that production, and not extraction, is the source of wealth. We want a productive Colombia.”