Columbia produces 75 percent of the world's supply of coca, the main ingredient in cocaine. Since 2000, the U.S. government has spent $4 billion supporting the Colombian military and fumigating coca crops.

This has led, in part, to continued civil war and the ancillary destruction of food crops.

Jenny Neme, a Colombian Peace Church Leader, talked Monday night about her personal experiences with the conflicts in Colombia at the North Broadway United Methodist Church. Nikki Thanos, from the Witness for Peace organization, translated.

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