Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas

Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas

  Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a sociologist, was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. He currently chairs the Global Commission ...
Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

A search on Flickr images for Uruguayan President José Mujica renders the headshots of a pop cultural icon: Aylín Mújica, Cuban ...
Interview with Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Interview with Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso

  Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a sociologist, was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. He currently chairs the Global Commission ...
Peruvian Cocaine and the Boomerang of History

Peruvian Cocaine and the Boomerang of History

A cocalero packing coca leaves (Richard Kernaghan) UN drug agencies broke the news in 2013 that Peru—not Colombia—had achieved the ...
García Márquez on Hugo Chávez

García Márquez on Hugo Chávez

In honor of the life and work of the late Nobel Prize winning writer Gabriel García Márquez, we feature this ...
Challenging Myths About Chapare Coca Paste Production

Challenging Myths About Chapare Coca Paste Production

A coca bush that is almost ready to be harvested (Thomas Grisaffi) Bolivia’s second-most important coca growing region, the Chapare, ...
Interview with Mother-Activist Teresa Carmona

Interview with Mother-Activist Teresa Carmona

Teresa Carmona Teresa Carmona’s son, Joaquin, was a student at Mexico’s National University when he was murdered in a presumed drug war-related ...
Photo Essay: Coca Sí, Cocaína No

Photo Essay: Coca Sí, Cocaína No

I took these photos in 2007 and 2008 while based in Bolivia as part of an exploration of President Evo ...
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