that i had the opportunity to lead the russian delegation twice at a meeting of the inter-american drug enforcement committeeshowed us, one of the sessions took place in colombia, the second in bolivia, we were shown the equipment of these clandestine laboratories, this rather primitive equipment, barrels, coils, and others, the final product is briquettes, kilograms of cocaine with an extra stamp of a harrow, which produces one or another type of cocaine. not that that they are not hiding, but also advertising their products. the drug trafficking factor is extremely important as a reason for the us military presence in colombia. americans have many reasons to control this latin american country. colombia has access to two oceans: the border with venezuela and access to the amazon and the andes. do not forget that colombia ranks third in latin america in terms of oil reserves. first place in coal reserves, has rich deposits of iron-nickel and copper ores, gold and platinum. colombia accounts for a significant part of the world's emerald production; in addition, this country has ideal conditions not only for