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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 09:42 PM
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Chimp: Bolivia, Venezuela and Myanmar "failed demonstrably'
to fight narcotics trafficking"
Yet he lets Afghanistan off the hook???

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aCVjBln2Fv2c&refer=latin_america

Bolivian President Evo Morales called U.S. charges that his country isn't cooperating in global efforts to combat illegal drugs ``blackmail.''

U.S. President George W. Bush cited Bolivia, Venezuela and Myanmar in an annual report submitted to Congress yesterday, saying they ``failed demonstrably'' in the past year to fulfill obligations to fight narcotics trafficking. Bolivia is the world's third-biggest producer of coca, the main ingredient for cocaine; the U.S. is the world's largest cocaine consumer.

Relations between the U.S. and Bolivia, South America's poorest country, have soured over the past week after Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador for allegedly helping foment violence in eastern Bolivia that led to as many as 30 deaths in clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters. Washington reciprocated by expelling Bolivia's ambassador.

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Morales, citing a June 18 United Nations report, said coca cultivation expanded by 5 percent in Bolivia last year and by 27 percent in Colombia, an ally of the Bush administration in South America. `These are political decisions,'' Morales said. ``We're not afraid of these campaigns against the government using black lists.''




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