Items tagged with latin american debate
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| Colombian President Santos, OAS Chief Insulza to present new study on drug policy alternatives [12.05.2013] | This Friday, May 17, in Bogotá, Colombia, Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza will present Colombian Presiden ... |
| In Latin America, U.S. focus shifts from drug war to economy [04.05.2013] | Relationships with countries racked by drug violence and organized crime should focus more on economic development and less on the endless battles ag ... |
| Legalize marijuana and other ways U.S.-Mexico can win drug war [03.05.2013] | There was a lot of drug-war hand-wringing in the U.S. leading up to President Obama’s visit to Mexico. That’s because Mexican President Peña Nieto is ... |
| The drug policy reform agenda in the Americas [30.04.2013] | Latin America has emerged at the vanguard of efforts to promote debate on drug policy reform. For decades, Latin American governments largely followe ... |
| Addicted to punishment [08.04.2013] | Over the past several decades, Latin America has seen penalties for drug crimes—even low-level selling—skyrocket. And in many Latin American countrie ... |
| U.N. development chief flags failings of "war on drugs" [14.03.2013] | There is increasing evidence that the war on drugs has failed, with criminalization often creating more problems than it solves, said Helen Clark, th ... |
| Guatemala proposes "alternative strategies for combating drugs" [24.02.2013] | The Secretary General of the OAS highlighted the assignment received during the Sixth Summit of the Americas in 2012, which urged the OAS to analyze ... |
| The great experiment [23.02.2013] | A whiff of change is in the air regarding drug control policy. Officials in two American states, Colorado and Washington, are pondering how to implem ... |
| Our Right to Poison [21.02.2013] | German officials take a decidedly cool stance toward drug policy reform. No top politician with a major German party is about to call for a new drug ... |
| Guatemalan leader sees paradigm shift on drug policy [12.02.2013] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez said he is feeling less alone in his drive to re-think the fight against drug-trafficking than a year ago, when he sh ... |
| How the Latin American drug war will end [10.02.2013] | As the underlying rationale for the war on drugs falls apart, some may wonder whether Latin America is really prepared to push back against Washingto ... |
| Davos 2013: Soros calls for new strategy on drugs [23.01.2013] | George Soros has called for an end to the West's "war on drugs". Soros has thrown his weight behind a push by Guatemalan President Perez Molina, who ... |
| Guatemala's president: 'My country bears the scars from the war on drugs' [18.01.2013] | This is at the heart of the awakening in Latin America, a feeling that drugs prohibition has allowed rich and powerful cartels to rise to such promin ... |
| U.S. marijuana laws ricochet through Latin America [06.01.2013] | Leaders from across Latin America responded within days of the Colorado and Washington vote, demanding a review of drug-war policies that have mired ... |
| Addicted to punishment [31.12.2012] | In Latin America, trafficking cocaine so it can be sold to someone who wants to use it is more serious than raping a woman or deliberately killing yo ... |
| Turning over a new leaf [30.11.2012] | Faced with this soiled wedge between state legislation and federal law within the United States, Mexico's President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto and his ... |
| Can Obama and Peña Nieto Clear the Marijuana Smoke? [27.11.2012] | Like a growing number of Latin American leaders, Peña, who takes office Dec. 1, says it may be time to reassess the drug war. In an interview with TI ... |
| "Impossible" to end drug trade, says Calderón [23.11.2012] | Ending the consumption and the trafficking of illegal drugs is “impossible”, according to Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s outgoing president. In an intervi ... |
| Latin America looks to Europe for drug fighting models [17.11.2012] | Latin American countries are turning to Europe for lessons on fighting drugs after souring on the prohibition-style approach of the violent and costl ... |
| Mexican president says marijuana legalization votes leave U.S. with no 'moral authority' for drug war [12.11.2012] | Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in two U.S. states limits that country's "moral authority" ... |
| Leaders in Latin America call for review of drug policy after 2 U.S. states vote to legalize marijuana [12.11.2012] | A group of Latin American leaders declared that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug ... |
| Victims of the Latin American war on drugs make the case for reform [09.11.2012] | Latin American drug policies have made no dent in the drug trade; instead they have taken a tremendous toll on human lives. In 2009, the Washington O ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote may have snowball effect in Latin America [07.11.2012] | Voters in Colorado and Washington state who approved the recreational use of marijuana Tuesday sent a salvo from the ballot box that will ricochet ar ... |
| Mexico's new gov to review pot fight after US vote [07.11.2012] | The legalization of recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico to rethink its efforts to halt marijuana s ... |
| Biggest blow to Mexico drug cartels? It could be on your state ballot [05.11.2012] | Over the past year, the world has eyed Latin America as it has forged forward, in both policy and politics, with a rethink of the “war on drugs.” (Se ... |
| Narco-states grope for new strategy [04.11.2012] | Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala face the need to modify their approach to the fight against drug trafficking and are urging the world to do the same. ... |
| Drug legalization in Latin America: Could it be the answer? [15.10.2012] | Washington’s hard-lined anti-legalization position is unlikely to waiver regardless of who wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election. A more impor ... |
| How Latin America may lead the world in decriminalizing drug use [09.10.2012] | While Latin America insists that policy change must be the focus of a coordinated global effort, the region seems bent on advancing reform, with or w ... |
| Latin American nations push UN to drop zero tolerance on drugs [04.10.2012] | Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico – hardly liberal bastions – have taken the matter a step further. The Latin American countries, each threatened by dr ... |
| U.S.-led "war on drugs" questioned at U.N. [26.09.2012] | The presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala all called for a vigorous global debate of drug laws at the United Nations on Wednesday, raising new ... |
| How Latin America is reinventing the war on drugs [29.07.2012] | Like thousands of other Bolivians, Marcela Lopez Vasquez's parents migrated to the Chapare region, in the Andean tropics, desperate to make a living ... |
| Mexico's President-Elect: Legalization Should Be Part of Drug Strategy Debate [02.07.2012] | The president-elect of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, said Mexico should have a debate about legalizing and regulating, an approach advocated by other L ... |
| Colombia Decriminalizes Cocaine and Marijuana [02.07.2012] | Colombia's Constitutional Court approved the government's proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for pers ... |
| Uruguay’s Plan to Legalize Marijuana Sales [26.06.2012] | Uruguay's proposal to legalize marijuana sales – and make its government the sole seller – reflects a growing worldwide urge to find new and less vio ... |
| Latin American members of the International Drug Policy Consortium call for new approaches to drug control strategies [25.06.2012] | In this declaration, organizations based in or working on Latin America and members of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) claim the demo ... |
| A breakthrough in the making? [25.06.2012] | Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac ... |
| International 'anti-drug' summit in Peru attempts to maintain drug war status quo: Will it succeed? [22.06.2012] | The global debate on drug policy is getting more interesting, due in no small part to initiatives from Latin America. The Uruguayan government’s June ... |
| Western banks 'reaping billions from Colombian cocaine trade' [01.06.2012] | While cocaine production ravages countries in Central America, consumers in the US and Europe are helping developed economies grow rich from the prof ... |
| Should Latin America End the War on Drugs? [30.05.2012] | After decades of war with drug cartels, Latin America faces sickening levels of violence and corruption that have spread throughout the region. At a ... |
| Drugs: The Rebellion in Cartagena [23.05.2012] | The startling, unprogrammed, and rebellious discussion about drugs that took place among hemispheric leaders in April at a summit in Cartagena, Colom ... |
| Drug war will change course in 2013 [26.04.2012] | When the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia decided to commission a study on whether to decriminalize drugs, many thought that would be the en ... |
| The drug war spreads instability [25.04.2012] | The war on drugs doesn’t just cause human misery. It contributes to the political instability of many parts of the world. Countries such as Mali, Gui ... |
| It's time to transform the global war on drugs [24.04.2012] | At the recent Summit of the Americas, Latin America's leaders pressed Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama to study alternat ... |
| War on drugs: There has to be a better way [24.04.2012] | The most important story of the Summit of the Americas was the Latin American demand to open the debate on an alternative to the ‘war on drugs’. The ... |
| The legalisation debate broadens [19.04.2012] | Over the past six months the debate on drugs has moved into the open, as sitting heads of state have gone on the record for the first time to say tha ... |
| What comes after the war on drugs [19.04.2012] | At the Summit of the Americas, Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed doubt about the war on drugs. “I think what everybody believes and agrees with ... |
| Drug-law reform genie freed from bottle at Summit of the Americas [19.04.2012] | Present international drug control policies are deeply-rooted and change will no doubt come slowly. However, as a result of the Cartagena summit, for ... |
| Obama and the failed war on drugs [15.04.2012] | Long before he was in a position to change his country's policies, Barack Obama had firm views on a complex problem: "The war on drugs has been an ut ... |
| Summit of the Americas agree war on drugs a failure [15.04.2012] | This weekend’s Summit of the Americas did not produce a joint communiqué charting the future of the hemisphere, but the 31 leaders agreed on one thin ... |
| Colombia calls for global drugs taskforce [14.04.2012] | The government of Colombia pushed for the most far-reaching change to policy on drugs since US president Richard Nixon declared war on narcotics four ... |
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