America’s largest trade association of cattle producers says President Donald Trump’s plan to lower beef prices is political theater. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which represents more than 175,000 cattle producers and feeders, said on Friday that the strategy would do more harm than good for the industry. Earlier that day, Trump said the US
Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, attracted by better wages. “Back then there was more money, you could see it everywhere,” he says. “I managed to save up and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups fought for
