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Joseph Macmanus will take over during one of the most tense periods in modern U.S./Colombia relations.

The UN pledged to support "Colombia's activities to encourage local communities to voluntarily give up coca cultivation.”

While Trump reaffirmed U.S. support for Colombia, he failed to even mention the nation's peace process in his opening remarks and ramped up rhetoric for the war on drugs.

Colombia's peace process and the crisis in Venezuela will be on the agenda for President Santos' first visit with President Trump.

Despite only destroying a reported 17,593 hectares last year, officials are aiming to increase that figure to 100,000 hectares in 2017.

Amid road blocks and bridge damage from a strike in Putumayo, Ecopetrol says up to 40,000 barrels per day of its production is now at risk.

The firm says it will join forces with experienced indigenous partners who have long been using coca leaves for centuries to deal with all sorts of ailments.