The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin America.
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Washington looked the other way as coup leaders and drugs cartels conspired to turn Honduras into a center of the cocaine trade.
Poverty, insecurity and a naive and misguided drugs policy have led to a virtual civil war in Ecuador.
A lethal turf war between drug traffickers has terrorized Buenaventura, Colombia for months. Now protesters are demanding the government’s help to protect people in this mostly Black city.
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, Leiden University
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Outgoing Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Director, Latin America Studies Group; Associate Professor of Strategy & Policy, US Naval War College