
DRUG WARS The Rule of the Game
"Our message to the drug cartels is this," George Bush told the nation last September when he unveiled his ad- ...

Forests Under Fire
Colombia boasts a dizzying array of landscapes: from high Andean páramos to the tropical Amazon, from arid deserts to the ...

The Price of Success: Bolivia’s War Against Drugs and the Poor
For the first time in nearly half a century, Bolivia has been dropped from the list of major drug-producing countries ...

Under the Flag of Law Enforcement
ON JUNE 28 OF LAST YEAR, SHORTLY BE- fore Bolivia passed a new law aimed at control- ling coca production, ...

A Killer Fungus Waits in the Wings
Scientist David Sands calls the microscopic life form a silver bullet, a sure-fire weapon that would win the war on ...

COCA LEAVES: THE ONLY CASH CROP
THE COCA GROWERS UNIONS HAVE BEEN AT the forefront of efforts to turn U.S.-promoted coca eradication campaigns into real alternative ...