Archive for 'War on Drugs'
Human rights watch calls for investigation into killings in Honduras
The international organization Human Rights Watch insisted Thursday that the authorities in Honduras and the United States clarify the circumstances in which four people were killed during a joint military operation in La Mosquito. “The [...]
American and Honduran soldiers kill 4 civilians by mistake including 2 pregnant women
Editors Note: the past two weeks have seen announcements coming from Honduras that American DEA agents and military are being deployed to Honduras to battle drug smugglers there and are setting up radar installations. This was [...]
Obama agrees to debate the war on Drugs and Cuba emerges as a Central point focal point
Editors note: We are continuing to translate some of the Spanish language press articles on the War on Drugs and in particular the Summit of the Americas and policy developments in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia [...]
Decriminalization of Drugs to be Discussed at the Summit
The decriminalization of drugs as a strategy to fight drug trafficking will be presented as a discussion item in the VI Summit of the Americas but not as a proposal, given than there is [...]
Internal Violence and Fatique over the War on Drugs Marks the Summit of the Americas
Even since 1971 when the ex President of the USA signalled that the “number one enemy” of the United States was the drugs coming over the borders, the call for the “war on drugs” has been [...]
Update on the Summit of the Americas
The Summit of the Americas starts in Cartagena, Colombia April 9 while the most serious business of diplomacy will occur on the last two days: April 14 and April 15. There are several issues to [...]
Central American Drug Summit Proposes charging the USA for Confiscated Drugs
The open opposition of the USA to the proposal from the President of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, who suggested the decriminalization of drugs as an alternative to unleashing the military on the drug mafias as proposed [...]
Perez Molina Ask the Region to Discuss Decriminalizing Drugs without Myths or Taboos
The President of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, today dared regional governments to toss off the myths and taboos of the subject and consider the debate of decriminalization of drugs solo as “a proposal”. “In order to [...]
Morales defends consumption of coca leaves in Vienna
Coca leaves were declared a narcotic drug in the United Nations Narcotics Convention of 1961, together with cocaine, heroine, opium, and other drugs Holding a coca leaf in his hands and with one of the natural [...]
Colombian President welcomes new US position over drugs
The Colombian President, Juam Manuel Santos, welcomed the position expressed by the USA regarding the debate over the war on drugs at the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Cartegana, Colombia on April 14 and 15. [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm