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Democracy, Human Rights, and Militarism in The War on Drugs in Latin America

Drugs and Democracy
TNI, Cedib and Inforpress Centroamericana
April 1997

The following essays present insights into the various levels of military involvement in the war on drugs and the implications of this involvement in terms of democracy and human rights in the Western hemisphere.

Awarded the Simon Bolivar Prize 1997

Damaging Side Effects: The War on Drugs (Introduction)
Martin Jelsma

The US War on Drugs: On the Wrong Path
Coletta Youngers

Radical Maneuvers
Jayme Brener

Argentina: Future Watchdog of the Americas?
Adriana Rossi

Colombia: The Heresy of the Manicheans
Ricardo Vargas Meza

The Armed Forces and the Drug War: Between Garrisons, Caletas and Borders
Ricardo Soberón Garrido

Central America: On the Brink of a New War?
Edgar Celada Q. and Sandra Dávila

Bolivia: Impunity and the Control of Corruption in the Fight against Drugs
Theo Roncken

The Double Role of Drug Trafficking in State Terrorism and Militarized Democracy
Samuel Blixen

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