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How the Drug War Spread Across the Entire World

Emily Dickinson, Washington Monthly. January 16, 2012.

Colombia’s incredible turnaround strategy has become a rare success story in the drug war, as well as its most formidable brand and export. It is, however, problematic.

Colombian Mass Grave Of More Than 2000 May Be Civilian Trade Unionists, Not Military Casualties

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 5, 2010.

Colombia is currently the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists, and the U.S. is likely implicated in the murders.

With Opposition to U.S. Militarism in Latin America on the Rise, Colombian and Venezuelan Govs Clash

Moira Birss, AlterNet. July 30, 2010.

Relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.

Unintended Irony Watch: the Washington Post on its (New?) Man in Bogotá

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 19, 2009.

The WaPo continues its unbiased coverage of just how great the Latin American Right is.

Compañero Obama? Obama Mends Fences with Latin America

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. May 6, 2009.

The last time George W. Bush went to Latin America, protesters flooded the streets. Things have changed quite a bit since then.

Chavez's Call for FARC Disarmament Takes Washington By Surprise

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. June 11, 2008.

Political chasm between Washington and Latin America continues to deepen, as Chavez rejects FARC's armed campaign.

Photos in Colombia's "Magic Laptop" Undermine Claim of Chavez-FARC Connection

Daniel Denvir, NACLA. May 31, 2008.

The pix suggest an intelligence agency -- either Colombia's or that of an "allied" government -- operating in Ecuador.

It's U.S. Supported Colombia's Uribe Who Sounds like the Latin American Dictator

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 26, 2008.

With a remarkable interview with Ecuador's Raphael Correa. You won't read anything like it in your local paper.

Colombia to Chavez: See You in the Hague

Eric Wingerter, AlterNet. March 13, 2008.

Alvaro Uribe threatened to haul Hugo Chavez before the ICC, but he'd better come ready with his own defense.

Latin America News Coverage: Half the Story Is Worse Than None

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. February 1, 2008.

Those who follow the commercial media's coverage of Latin America can end up with less understanding than those who ignore it.

War On Drugs: that other disastrously misguided non-war …

Joshua Holland, December 20, 2006.

Joshua Holland: Could there be a more counterproductive policy than the "source country" strategy in the "War on Drugs"?