
A Turning Point for Drug Policy
At the levels of governance and civil society, Latin America has emerged as a world leader in the drug reform ...

A Turning Point for Drug Policy
More blood has been shed as a result of the war on drugs in Colombia and Mexico than anywhere ...

Ecuador’s Pardon Laws
Graffiti reads "More drugs for the people because reality is killing us," in Quito, Ecuador. (Matt Pounsett / Creative Commons) ...

Fujimori’s Rentless Pursuit of Re-election
On April 9, 2000, Peruvians will go to the polls to elect a new president and Congress. But chances are ...

U.S. Entanglements in Colombia Continue
Reviving the rhetoric of the Reagan/Bush years, Clinton Administration officials are once again pointing to the "narcoguerrilla" threat-erasing the already ...

Cocaine Madness: Counternarcotics and Militarization in the Andes
When the U.S. government first announced its 1989 "Andean Initiative"a five-year, $2.2 billion plan targeting coca and cocaine productionthe Andes ...