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Señales combinadas entre los
arbustos de coca
The Economist () Mixed signals among the coca bushes
An apparent fall in cocaine production conceals the remarkable resilience of
an illegal industry
A YEAR ago when the United Nations’ annual survey showed a rise of 27% in the
area planted with coca in Colombia in 2007, the government expressed “serious
doubts” about the reliability of the estimate. On June 19th Colombian
officials were so proud of the UN’s finding of an 18% decrease last year that
they rushed to announce it five days ahead of its scheduled release. Although
cultivation of coca, the hardy shrub from which cocaine is refined, is
reported to have increased in Peru and Bolivia (see chart), the UN claims
that lower yields mean that 28% less cocaine was produced in Colombia. Taken
together with an estimated fall of 19% in opium-poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan, the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) calls the results
“encouraging”. ver>>
Por Operación Jaque, juez ecuatoriano
ordena el arresto del ex ministro Santos
BBC Mundo (UK) Juez de Ecuador ordena arresto de
Santos
El ex ministro de Defensa de Colombia es requerido por la justicia
ecuatoriana.
Una corte en Ecuador dictó una orden de prisión preventiva contra el ex
ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, por la operación militar
colombiana del 1 de marzo de 2008 contra un campamento de las Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) en territorio ecuatoriano.
En el ataque murieron 25 personas (18 según Colombia), entre ellas el
entonces portavoz de las FARC, Raúl Reyes. ver>>
Obama persigue un camino
diferente con Uribe
The Washington Post (EE.UU.) Obama to Pursue
Different Path With Colombia's Uribe
White House Is Expected to Raise Concerns About Human Rights, Democracy
In a White House ceremony in January, President George W. Bush awarded
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe the Presidential Medal of Freedom and
praised him for his "immense personal courage and strength of
character" for taking on his country's fight against Marxist guerrillas.
On Monday, Uribe again arrives at the White House.
But this time he will encounter an administration pushing to expand its
alliances in Latin America and increasingly worried about Colombia's dismal
human rights record, Colombia experts say.
Obama administration officials declined interview requests to discuss policy
toward Colombia, a country that has received nearly $6 billion in mostly
military aid since Uribe took office in 2002. ver>>
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