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Posted in Uncategorized, war on drugs on Jul 2nd, 2011
From Bolivian Express.
On May 19, 2008, three young Norwegian women, Stina Brendemo Hagan, then 17 years old; Madeleine Rodriguez, then 20; and Christina Øygarden, then 18—along with Madeleine’s then 2-year-old daughter, Alicia—arrived at the Cochabamba airport to fly back to Norway after a three-week holiday in Bolivia. None of them made
their flight. Airport police [...]
Posted in december election, opposition, war on drugs on Nov 18th, 2009
Last year, before the recall referendum that threw Manfred Reyes Villa out as the prefect of Cochabamba department, I was sitting in a bar in the city of Cochabamba listening to a man spew “Morales is a drug dealer” nonsense. Well, now Reyes Villa wants to subsidize coca chewing in a obvious pander to the [...]
Posted in war on drugs on Oct 20th, 2009
Kudos, for now, to the Obama administration for its recent announcement to not interfere in states that have legalized medical marijuana. It’s a small, but important, first step in ending the disastrous War on Drugs. Read Glenn Greenwald for more.
Posted in stupid estadounidenses, war on drugs on Aug 21st, 2009
Somebody get Otto a job at the Journal’s graphics department!
Posted in war on drugs on Jul 31st, 2009
According to the ABI, the U.N. will begin the process of decriminalizing the chewing of coca leaves. Coca leaves have been listed as a Schedule I drug on the U.N.’s 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs–alongside cocaine and heroin–with certain exceptions, particularly as defined by the Convention’s Article 27:
The Parties may permit the use of [...]
Posted in war on drugs, washington on Jul 22nd, 2009
Bolivian authorities discovered and destroyed four cocaine factories, and 170 kilos of cocaine, in Oruro department, according to La Razon. Nevertheless, ATPDEA trade preferences between Bolivia and the United States, which are dependent on Bolivia’s drug-fighting strategy, are still suspended–even though Bolivia’s drug interdiction forces have been shutting down drug factories left and right. Now [...]
Posted in honduras, round-up, war on drugs, washington on Jul 2nd, 2009
Disappointing news out of Washington: The Obama administration is standing by the previous administration’s decision to drop Bolivia from ATPDEA, which gave Bolivia preferential trade treatment in exchange for Bolivia’s drug interdiction. At issue is Bolivian president Morales’s refusal to conflate cocaine–which the country is fighting effectively–with coca.
Super sites IKN and Mex Files are posting [...]
Posted in UJC, chavez, new constitution, peru, round-up, war on drugs, washington on Jun 30th, 2009
There’s been a coup in Honduras, with the military spiriting away Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, in pajamas, in the early morning hours on Sunday. At issue is a referendum scheduled for yesterday that would begin a long process to amend the Honduran constitution so that Zelaya could be re-elected. Although the referendum was non-binding, several [...]
Posted in war on drugs on Apr 3rd, 2009
IKN has got the charts that show that Bolivia’s confiscation of drugs has increased every year since 2000–and it’s on target for this year, too, even after tossing out the DEA late last year. Bolivia, which is obviously known for its cocaine production, is also stamping down on its marijuana industry that’s centered around Beni [...]
Posted in opposition, war on drugs, washington on Mar 27th, 2009
Couple of items today catch my eye:
Clinton fesses up to the Mexicans and says the “‘insatiable’ appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence ripping through Mexico,” according to Reuters. And then she promises more guns: “Washington plans to ramp up border security with a $184 million [...]
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