Thanks to Colombia’s state liquor monopoly, a black market is booming

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In Castilla, a violent area of northern Medellín, it is hard to find a legal bottle of spirits

also produce counterfeit aguardiente, an aniseed-flavoured spirit served at every Colombian festivity. Some also make rum and whisky. Eachin their territories but also the bars and shops that sell fake and smuggled alcohol. In Castilla it is hard to find a legal bottle of spirits.

While the government combats bootlegging, its policies encourage it. Chief among them is the state’s monopoly on distilling and selling spirits. In the 1700s the Spanish crown, keen to cash in on colonials’ quaffing, took control of the production of aguardiente . Colombia’s government held on after independence in 1819. The monopoly is enshrined in constitutions adopted since 1886.

 

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