Colombia's Petro wants to rip up old drug war playbook

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Colombia's Petro wants to rip up old drug war playbook
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro is attempting a dramatic shift in how his country fights drug trafficking after calling for an end to the so-called war on drugs.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets Secretary of State Tony Blinken in Bogotá on Oct. 3. Photo: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images

Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, takes a much more critical view of that aspect of the partnership than his predecessors.

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