Latin American countries pursue alternatives to US drug war Washington Post BOGOTA, Colombia — When President Obama arrives in Colombia for a hemispheric summit this weekend, he will hear Latin American leaders say that the US-orchestrated war on drugs, which criminalizes drug use and employs military tactics to fight gangs, ... See all stories on this topic » |
VIDEO: Drug war policy an important topic for Summit of the Americas Florida Independent By Marcos Restrepo | 04.10.12 | 11:25 am Another Latin American president has called for a conversation about the US-sponsored war on drugs during the sixth Summit of the Americas, which takes place next week in Cartagena, Colombia. See all stories on this topic » |
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VIDEO: Colombia President Santos calls for new look at War on Drugs The Colorado Independent By Marcos Restrepo Another Latin American president has called for a conversation about the US-sponsored war on drugs during the sixth Summit of the Americas, which takes place next week in Cartagena, Colombia. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos ... See all stories on this topic » |
Miami-Dade TNT Unit Loses the War on Drugs and Liberty City's Trust Miami New Times Santa's Helper, they say, is a perfect illustration of how a unit with a history of corruption — and a mound of complaints about excessive force — has lost the War on Drugs. In recent years, three officers who worked with TNT, but not assigned to the ... See all stories on this topic » |
EPA's war on property rights Daily Caller By Paul H. Jossey "War," as political metaphor, is most often a tasteless accessory that demeans the term to those who have actually experienced it ("war on poverty," "war on drugs"). But to the extent it connotes a full-fledged attempt to subjugate a ... See all stories on this topic » |
Opinion: Obama Legalize Drugs or Turn Back Drug War at Colombia Summit Democratic Underground With the US-led drug war into its fourth decade, the leaders of South and Latin America are demanding change and reform from the largest importer of drugs in the hemisphere and the mightiest enforcer of drug prohibition. Despite the growing influence ... See all stories on this topic » |
DRUG WAR: 2 of Latin America's deadliest gangs reportedly join forces San Gabriel Valley Tribune 2010, the Guatemalan military declared a month long state of siege in Alta Verapaz in hopes of reclaiming cities that have been taken over by Mexico's Zetas drug gang. Guatemalan authorities say they have begun to see new and disturbing evidence of an ... See all stories on this topic » |
Why Wall Street loves the War on Drugs San Francisco Bay Guardian Here's what make it worse: I don't think anyone at Goldman Sachs talked to the White House about this, but the 1 percent clearly have a lot to gain from the drug war. And it has nothing to do withdrugs. Let's be logical here. There's only one possible ... See all stories on this topic » |