Cocaine
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ANALYSIS
Latin America War on Drugs Returns as Terror Labels Spread
Half a century after Nixon, cocaine hits records again: 3,700 tons in 2023, 25 million users. Now, Trump’s second-term War…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Gulf Clan Gets Terrorist Tag as Fentanyl Fever Rises
Washington’s terrorist designation of Colombia’s Clan del Golfo collides with President Donald Trump’s fentanyl crackdown and offshore strikes. For President…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela Gangs And African Jihadists Drive Europe’s Cocaine
A covert pipeline linking Venezuelan cartels, corrupt security forces, and West African jihadists is flooding Europe with record cocaine shipments,…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Colombia Reimagines the Coca Leaf: Color, Craft, and a Quiet Revolution
In a country too often reduced to headlines about cocaine, a circle of Colombian artisans and designers is teaching a…
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ECONOMY
Colombian Farmers Trade Coca for Dignity, Coffee, and a Future That Lasts
In the green hills of Naranjal, a small farming community in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca, the sound of chainsaws cutting…
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AMERICAS
Ecuador’s Posorja Port Becomes Europe’s Cocaine Doorway Despite Scanners
A $1.2 billion terminal was meant to shield Ecuador's coast from traffickers. Instead, cocaine seizures have tripled, homicides have soared,…
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AMERICAS
Untold Science of Cocaine: Colombia’s Record Surge, Starlink Narco-Subs and the New Latin Drug Machine
Colombia's cocaine factories shattered every record in 2024, cranking out an estimated 2,664 tons while Starlink-guided narco-subs cruised toward Australia—proof…
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AMERICAS
Untold Details of Ecuador’s Marble-Bunker Takedown and the Cocaine War Still Raging
Just before sunrise on June 19, Ecuadorian commandos smashed marble tiles inside a seaside mansion and dragged the country’s most…
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AMERICAS
El Pollo’s Plea: How a Venezuelan Spy Chief Unmasked a Cocaine State Within the State
A stunned silence fell over Caracas when news broke that Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal—once the unshakable boss of Venezuela’s military…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Latin America’s Cocaine Battle May Get Tiny Flies Reinforcement
Fruit flies—barely more significant than a comma—are rewriting the story of cocaine research. Their inborn hatred of the drug is…
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