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Twenty Years on, the Wa-Burmese Cease-fire looks shakier
April 2009
Tom Kramer
The recent tension between the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Burmese military Government has led to speculation about a renewal of the armed conflict. Tom Kramer examines the two decades of cease fire.
The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico
April 2009
TNI
 Manuel Pérez Rocha

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...

Withdrawal Symptoms in the Golden Triangle
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January 2009

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

Eradications and conflict in Colombia
May 2008
Amira Armenta
While the coca farmer is treated as a criminal the road to peace in the Colombian countryside will remain closed.

Although more and more coca is being eradicated, production levels remain steady. According to the latest Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB...

Los indígenas del Cauca defienden la soberanía de sus territorios y la revalorización de la hoja de coca
March 2008
TNI
 Dora Lucila Troyano Sanchez

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...

Opium jihad
July 2007
Martin Jelsma
Tom Kramer

With Afghanistan now responsible for more than 90 per cent of the world’s opium production, there is massive international pressure for repressive policies. But quick-fix solutions like opium bans and eradication don’t work, write Martin Jelsma and Tom Kramer, who report back from Afghanistan on...

Opiumbestrijding in Afghanistan
June 2007
Martin Jelsma
 Tom Kramer & Martin Jelsma
Introduction to "Selling US Wars"
March 2007
Achin Vanaik
The Drug’s Legal Nightmare
February 2007
TNI
 Ricardo Soberón
Drogas y conflicto armado
July 2005
TNI
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