Monday, 9. March 2009
Topic: DRUGS - on March 9, 2009 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Cocaine production surge unleashes wave of violence in Latin America
Cocaine production has surged across Latin America and unleashed a wave of violence, population displacements and corruption, prompting urgent calls to rethink the drug war.
More than 750 tonnes of cocaine are shipped annually from the Andes in a multi-billion pound industry which has forced peasants off land, triggered gang wars and perverted state institutions.
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