U.S. Decertifies Venezuela on Drug Control

Monday, 19 September 2005, 1:30 pm
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U.S. Decertifies Venezuela on Drug Control

September 16, 2005
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The Cubanization of United States policy toward Venezuela has begun in earnest. Yesterday, President George W. Bush released his findings on drug war “certification” - the highly politicized list the White House has produced since the mid-1980s of which countries are doing their part in “international” drug control efforts, and which have “failed demonstrably.”

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Only two countries did not make the cut this year. The first was perennially-decertified Myanmar (Burma). The second was, as the State Department threatened last month, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela...

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From somewhere in a country called América,

Dan Feder
Managing Editor
The Narco News Bulletin
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