Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that cocaine was not worse than whisky and that it was illegal because it was made in Latin America. US says will levy tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Feb.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as the production of coca, the drug’s base ingredient, surges under his presidency. Petro, a leftist former guerrilla group member who has previously called the US-led war on drugs a failure,