The Venezuelan economy has halved since 2013. Amidst a deep economic crisis, there have been clashes between government and opposition forces and the recent power-struggle has escalated internationally, with multiple Western states introducing extensive economic sanctions. As the propaganda war reaches its peak, we have invited experts to answer some of the most pressing questions.
La semana pasada la prensa latinoamericana y estadounidense dedicó no poca atención al asunto de la posibilidad de la despenalización de las drogas ilícitas. Se podría decir que si bien los países no están aún realizando un debate sobre las actuales políticas de drogas, al menos estamos ya en una fase de debate sobre el debate. Las palabras del presidente colombiano, Juan Manuel Santos, hace unos meses, reiteradas públicamente en febrero en Cartagena han servido para dar inicio a este ambiente de pre-debate.
As we noted previously, Mr. Costa opening speech included some remarkably positive - and in the context of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs - sometimes daring statements. His remarks were further elaborated in a so-called Conference Room Paper (CRP) that was distributed at the CND. However, that paper is nowhere to be found on the UNODC website. But you can find it on the Transform blogspot.
Producers of the renowned Story of stuff animation have released a new compelling animation that critiques Cap and Trade. TNI's Carbon Trade Watch were part of a team of advisers behind the film. View the animation that is causing a big debate and forward it on.
In April 2012, most of the hemisphere’s presidents gathered at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia and held a closed-door meeting where drug policy was the only topic discussed. Following that meeting, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that the Organisation of American States (OAS) was being tasked to analyse the results of hemispheric drug policies and to “explore new approaches to strengthen this struggle and become more effective”. Thus began a one year process led by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, with the support of OAS staff from the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), as well as a range of independent experts.
The Transnational Institute (TNI) attended the 59th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna from the 14-22nd March. The CND negotiated the outcome document to be approved at the 2016 UNGASS on the world drug problem, to be held on April 19-21 in New York.
La semana pasada la prensa latinoamericana y estadounidense dedicó no poca atención al asunto de la posibilidad de la despenalización de las drogas ilícitas. Se podría decir que si bien los países no están aún realizando un debate sobre las actuales políticas de drogas, al menos estamos ya en una fase de debate sobre el debate. Las palabras del presidente colombiano, Juan Manuel Santos, hace unos meses, reiteradas públicamente en febrero en Cartagena han servido para dar inicio a este ambiente de pre-debate.
