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The war on drugs can be traced to the presidency of Richard Nixon and continued with successive governments. Colombia has turned into one of the fundamental stages. 9/11 would play - as well- a crucial role in the evolution of the war on drugs, which since then has been bound to the war on terrorism: George W. Bush and Álvaro Uribe were two key figures of these policies. Today a new scenario opens with the turn of Juan Manuel Santos and the advance of the negotiations between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). (Nueva Soc/GIGA)