War on Drugs

Introduction

The United States has released the first $296 million dollars of a $400 million counter-drug assistance package approved in June 2008 by the US Congress for Mexico. This aid package, termed the Merida Initiative and also referred to by many civil society...

Drug control agencies have called the significant decline in opium production in Southeast Asia over the past decade a 'success story'. This casts serious doubts on this claim noting that Southeast Asia suffers from a variety of 'withdrawal symptoms' that leave little reason for optimism.

En Colombia, las organizaciones indígenas han sido perseguidas por el Estado de una manera brutal. El atropello más reciente se produjo durante el Consejo Comunitario del presidente Uribe. Durante el evento, no sólo se les negó la palabra de manera descortés, sino que el mismo presidente Uribe...