drugs
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The Colombian government is doubling down on efforts to contain the expanding cultivation of coca crops, underscoring some of the persistent difficulties associated with combating the country’s illicit drug trade… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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A recent report on Argentina‘s drug market highlights rising violence, addiction, and perceptions of insecurity in areas of the country affected by drug trafficking, while also illustrating some important regional differences in terms of how these activities are affecting local communities… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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When Colombians elected President Juan Manuel Santos to a second term on 15 June 2014, many attributed his victory not to the voters who supported him, but to those who opposed his rival, Oscár Iván Zuluaga. In fact, Santos lost the first round of the election process to Zuluaga on 25 May 2014. Surveys indicated
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Despite repeated denials by the government that Argentina has a problem with drugs, including President Cristina Kirchner’s assertion this week that her country is neither a producer nor a consumer of illicit substances, there is some evidence the country may finally be coming to terms with the issue… Read this piece in its entirety at Southern Pulse.
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Note: The following was adapted from an essay I wrote for a class on US-Latin American relations. The original text can be found here along with a bibliography (pdf). The roots of the current “drug war” can be found in the 1909 anti-opium conference held in Shanghai, which was marked by the first of many US efforts to
Mike LaSusa 