War On Drugs: 27 Reasons Why US Doesn't Have The 'Moral Authority' To Lead ...
Only 7 percent of Americans think the United States is <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2012/7_think_u_s_is_winning_war_on_drugs">winning the war on drugs</a>, and few Americans are ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Latin America looks to Europe for drug fighting models
CADIZ, Spain (Reuters) - Latin American countries are turning to Europe for lessons on fighting narcotics abuse after souring on the prohibition-style approach of the violent and costly U.S.www.reuters.com
Costa Rica: Colorado Pot Law Raises Doubts on Drug War
The legalization of recreational marijuana use in the states of Colorado and Washington last week will lead Latin America to increasingly question the merits of the war on drugs, said Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla. The first U.S. states to ...www.businessweek.com
U.S. votes to legalize pot may encourage Latin American challenges to drug war
MEXICO CITY -- Voters in Colorado and Washington state who approved the recreational use of marijuana Tuesday sent a salvo from the ballot box that will ricochet around Latin America, a region that's faced decades of bloodshed from the U.S.-led war on ...www.kansascity.com
South American nation, Uruguay, rejects "the war on drugs"
The government of President Jose Mujica achieved its main objective when it proposed legalizing marijuana: to spark a broad national debate regarding drugs, prohibitionist policies, and the repressive measures used to date. State participation "would ...www.voxxi.com
Is The War on Drugs "All About the Money"?
I never really turned against the war on drugs until I got into command structure and was working in Central and South America and saw the total futility of—like, Plan Colombia was $5.2 billion we spent trying to train the Colombian police and ...therealnews.com
Analysis: Obama faces Latin America revolt over drugs, trade
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will face an unprecedented revolt by Latin American countries against the U.S.www.chicagotribune.com
What a Latin America Presidential Debate Would Have Looked Like
A powerful open, but by debate's end: viewers were left with just a fleeting mention of Latin America, no substantive discussion of the entire western hemisphere, and not one mention of a brutal drug war affecting one of our largest trade partners ...latino.foxnews.com
Opposing the war on drugs in Mexico
The "war on drugs" in Latin America has always been an excuse for continued US intervention and repression in the region.socialistworker.org
Will Obama or Romney Address Worldwide Debate on Failed Drug War?
Tonight's focus on foreign policy is a perfect opportunity to acknowledge and join the debate raging in Latin America, where several current presidents are finally calling for an honest and open debate about how to end the drug war's decades-long ...www.huffingtonpost.com
The US Should Stop Ignoring Latin America
Given the current domestic gridlock in Washington D.C. and the mounting turmoil in Syria and Afghanistan, Latin America is doomed to be on the back burner once again, but a new White House administration should change this by curbing the War on Drugs ...www.worldpolicy.org
A game-changer for the war on drugs?
Earlier this year, Latin American leaders spoke out, denouncing the abysmal failures of the war on drugs and demanding new policies, including regulation.en.avaaz.org
Canada's secret war on drugs
Is Canada on the wrong side in the dust-up between the U.S. and Latin America over the future of the four-decades-old so-called war on drugs? While it didn't get much press, in late September the presidents of Guatemala, Colombia and Mexico, addressed ...www.nowtoronto.com
Gail S. Phares: Reform drug policy
After more than 40 years and a trillion dollars, it is time to recognize the U.S. War on Drugs as a failure. At home, punitive ... In Latin America, a militarized drug interdiction and source-eradication strategy has not curbed production or ...www.newsobserver.com
Latin American leaders call for review of policy after US states vote to ...
... Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling, offering the first government reaction from a region increasingly frustrated with the U.S ...www.greenfieldreporter.com
Pot Legalization Concerns Latin American Leaders
On Monday, Latin American leaders upped their drumbeat for a re-evaluation of the U.S.-led war on drugs after two states voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana.www.fronterasdesk.org
The US War on Communism, Drugs, and Terrorism in Colombia
After the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union the communist threat no longer justified U.S. counterinsurgency operations in Colombia or elsewhere in Latin America. The US Military's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) therefore welcomed the drug war ...dissidentvoice.org
War on drugs has failed and requires new radical reform, says LSE report
It argues that the human cost of pursuing many international policies renders them unjustifiable - from mass incarceration in the US and Asia, to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia, and violence dominating Latin America. The Global Drug Wars, published by ...en.mercopress.com
Africa and the War On Drugs
Most damaging of all, the war on drugs has caused ruling elites in some states to develop close connections with professional criminals, notably in Latin America. The ultimate nightmare for US policy-makers is of drug traders making common cause with ...allafrica.com
Commentary: Obama's Latin America policy needs tweaking
... legalization amendments in Colorado and Washington state will put pressure on the Obama administration to accept starting formal talks with Latin American countries that want to either legalize some drugs or seek other alternatives to the war on drugs.www.star-telegram.com
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