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Ex-Chilean President Ricardo Lagos on Regulation: “It Is Possible to Take a Different Approach to Drugs”

"There has been a lot of progress," said Lagos. "In Chile, the fact that [legalizing] the personal consumption of medicinal cannabis is being discussed is a sign of progress."
Posted On December 11, 2018
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A drug lab in Caqueta, Colombia, that was producing coca paste before being busted by Colombian military. (Photo credit: Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares)
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25 Years Later: How Drug Trafficking and Criminal Organizations in Colombia Have Changed Since Pablo Escobar’s Death

A lot has changed in the country’s underworld since the fall of one of the world’s most legendary criminals.
Posted On December 3, 2018
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Chief peace negotiator for the Colombian government, Humberto de la Calle (right), shakes hands with FARC representative Iván Márquez in Havana, Cuba, to signify that a peace deal has been reached. (Photo credit: Presidencia de la República)
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Absence of Some Leaders at FARC Summit Raises Questions About Group’s Political Viability

The absence of three leading figures may be a sign of the internal fracture within the FARC party that has grown since the arrest of Jesus Santrich.
Posted On September 7, 2018
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With Peace Talks Sputtering, One ELN Commander Says Peace Requires Government ‘Get Rid of the Reasons for Which We Exist’

Peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and the ELN have reached their most precarious moment since they began last year.
Posted On June 2, 2018
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Colombian law enforcement burn a coca laboratory in the Colombian department of Narino. (Credit: Policía Nacional de Colombia / AP, William Fernando Martinez)
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With ‘The Invisibles,’ Post-Conflict Colombia Has a New Generation of Drug Traffickers

The new generation of Colombian drug lords, dubbed "The Invisibles," realize that their best protection is not a private army — but anonymity.
Posted On March 25, 2018
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Report Urges Truth Commission to Investigate Potential Corporate Crimes During Colombian Conflict

The report details 439 instances of “corporate complicity” in human rights violations committed by paramilitary groups between 1970 and 2015.
Posted On March 10, 2018
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A drug lab in Caqueta, Colombia, that was producing coca paste before being busted by Colombian military. (Photo credit: Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares)
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Analysis: Looking at the Mexican Cartel Strategy in Post-FARC Colombia

The Mexicans face new and very different challenges, which offer both risks and opportunities.
Posted On March 5, 2018
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The Wealth of FARC: How Much Did the Former Guerrillas Make from Drugs, Extortion, and Mining?

If you add up all of of the guerrilla group's criminal activities, the FARC could have earned some $580 million USD in 2015.
Posted On November 2, 2017
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