The USA has spent billions in South America fighting the war on drugs. After 37 years, narcotic production is rising while drug prices in the US have fallen dramatically. So, is it time to give the battle against drugs a …
Monthly Archive: November 2008
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Mexico suspects ex-drug czar took huge bribes from traffickers
Published by CNN MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — Mexican authorities have detained the country’s former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico’s attorney general said Friday. Noe Ramirez Mandujano …
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Medvedev, Russian Navy Head to Latin America to Boost Influence
By Lyubov Pronina Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — President Dmitry Medvedev travels to Latin America today as Russian warships sail toward the Caribbean Sea and Russia asserts its influence in America’s backyard more than at any time since the Soviet era. …
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Protesters, rivals dog Bush until bitter end
US President George W. Bush may be a lame duck, but protesters and aspiring US rivals are still dogging him with a passion on his last scheduled foreign trip. Two months before his eight-year presidency ends and with his approval …
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Arrest of Interpol official sparks security breach concerns
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — A vicious turf war between drug cartels and Mexican authorities that has left as many as 4,300 dead so far this year may have caused a breach in the internal security systems of Interpol, the …
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