Colombia halts disputed drug spraying near Ecuador
Colombia halted aerial spraying of chemicals on drug crops along its border with Ecuador on Friday after Quito renewed charges that the U.S.-backed anti-narcotics program was harming residents and farms. Tensions between the Andean neighbors heated up in December after Colombia restarted the spraying of herbicides it says are not only safe but vital to combating the coca leaf — the raw material used to manufacture cocaine. Full Story