Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Almost Half a Century after It Began, Here’s How America’s ‘War on Drugs’ Is Still Devastating Latin America 202 January 30, 2019 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Independent (United Kingdom) on 30 January 2019 by Maria Useche, Javier San Vicente and Nathalie Mercier (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Latin AmericaUnited Kingdomwar on drugs Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Pakistan: Setting the World on Fire December 8, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today[T]he tragedy is not merely that Trump is failing to solve global crises; it is that his leadership style is accelerating them. 0 Egypt: America’s New Security Playbook: How Trump’s 2025 Strategy Redraws US Power and Purpose December 10, 2025. Published in Ahram OnlineOne of the most striking aspects of the strategy is the degree to which it personalizes foreign policy around Donald Trump himself. 0 Kenya: Peace in the Great Lakes Region Now Made Possible December 8, 2025. Published in The Standard 0 Spain: Neocolonialism and Ethnocides December 8, 2025. Published in La JornadaThe U.S.-Israeli duo is ruthless, deeply ethnocidal, full of arrogance and replete with religious and racial hatred. 0 Jordan: America between Israel’s Burdens and Arabs’ Benefits December 8, 2025. Published in alraiIsrael has lost its functional role … and no longer provides immense benefit to the West 0 Topics Japan: National Guard Shooting in US Capital: Misguided Incitement of Anti-Foreign Doctrine December 12, 2025. Published in Tokyo Shimbun[H]ad Trump not mobilized the guard for political purposes, the shooting might not have happened. 0 Spain: Cartoons in the Pentagon* December 11, 2025. Published in El Pais[T]e MAGA underworld and the Trump administration continue to feed off each other. 0 Egypt: America’s New Security Playbook: How Trump’s 2025 Strategy Redraws US Power and Purpose December 10, 2025. Published in Ahram OnlineOne of the most striking aspects of the strategy is the degree to which it personalizes foreign policy around Donald Trump himself. 0 Saudi Arabia: ‘Either Donald Trump or Benjamin Netanyahu’ December 10, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatIt is either the American “applying pressure” or the Israeli “being pressured,” per the ubiquitous epithets of the moment. 0 Taiwan: The Slow Spread of Anti-American Sentiment Affecting Taiwan December 9, 2025. Published in Taiwan TimesInternational skepticism of the U.S. has gradually evolved into anti-American sentiment — a trend that has already spread to Taiwan. 0 Austria: There Is Still Some Check on the US Administration December 9, 2025. Published in Der Standard[N]ot everything is permitted under Trumpism. 0 India: Washington Attack: Why Pakistan Will Want Trump To Get Entangled in Afghanistan December 8, 2025. Published in FirstpostTo stop the cycle of events along the Afghanistan border, Pakistan needs a heavy hand with powerful leverage. The United States fits the bill. 0 Kenya: Peace in the Great Lakes Region Now Made Possible December 8, 2025. Published in The Standard 0 Related Articles Spain: Marco Rubio: Semiotics of the ‘Bully’ November 27, 2025. Published in La JornadaRubio represents a function: that of translating the doctrine of interventionism into everyday language. Pakistan: Trump’s Relentless War on Cartels November 24, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today Spain: Trump’s Focus on the Western Hemisphere Is Astute, but His Policy Needs Adjustment November 20, 2025. Published in El Diario ExteriorTrump’s return to blatant imperialism is likely to be counterproductive. Guyana: Guyana’s Ongoing Subservience to the US, Jagdeo’s Really August 24, 2025. Published in Demerara WavesNo sooner had the U.S. ambassador broken her year-long silence with 'concerns' than Guyana’s attorney general bustled into action, like some jack-in-the-box, as though he had nothing else to do. Colombia: US Warships Near Venezuela: Is Latin America’s Left Facing a Reckoning? August 23, 2025. Published in The City PaperU.S. President Donald Trump has dispatched three guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela, reviving memories of past interventions. Previous articleThe Guardian View on the US Case against Huawei: the Conflict SharpensNext articleChina, Africa and Washington’s Weird Worry LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment