“With each newly minted crisis, US leaders roll out the same time-tested scenario. They start demonizing a foreign leader ... charging them with being communistic or otherwise dictatorial, dangerously aggressive, power hungry, genocidal, given to terrorism or drug trafficking, ready to deny us access to vital resources, harboring weapons of mass destruction, or just inexplicably "anti-American" and "anti-West." Lacking any information to the contrary, the frightened public ... are swept along.” GivenLeaderInformationReadyDrugWeaponsMassResourcesDestructionCrisisWestDenyTerrorismAccessContraryHungryFrightenedAggressiveLackingTestedScenariosWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChargingTraffickingAnti-americanPower HungryDrug Trafficking Author:Michael Parenti
“Unfortunately, in this Obama Government, we have charges of drug trafficking and terrorism. For Evo, it's drug trafficking. For Hugo, it's terrorism. Evo Morales, drug trafficking. Hugo Chavez, terrorism.” GovernmentDrugTerrorismMoraleTraffickingChavezDrug Trafficking Author:Evo Morales
“When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes .... The US uses drug trafficking and terrorism for political control .... We have nationalised the fight against drug trafficking.” StatesUseGovernmentPoliticalUsedPurposeFightingUnitedUnited StatesDrugTerrorismTraffickingGeopoliticalDrug Trafficking Author:Evo Morales
“There's so much more to Colombia than drug trafficking, you have no idea. They're a bit worn out by the association.” IdeasBitsDrugNo IdeaAssociationWornWorn OutColombiaTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Pedro Pascal
“One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining efforts in the fight against terrorism and other similar challenges: countering drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fighting famine, preserving environment and biodiversity, taking efforts to make the world more predictable, more stable.” PeopleWorldImportantTodayFightingChallengesEffortMillionsEnvironmentPlanetsDrugWeaponsMassDestructionTerrorismObjectivesStableOur PlanetPredictableJoiningFamineWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBiodiversityProliferationTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Vladimir Putin
“For decades, Colombia has been accused of being the world's principal provider of cocaine. If this comes to an end, it would be a dramatic change for our country - which has been suffering more than any other from the consequences of drug-trafficking.” IfsWorldHas BeensEndsCountryWould BeSufferingDrugConsequenceDecadesOur CountryDramaticPrincipalAccusedCocaineColombiaProvidersTraffickingDramatic ChangeDrug Trafficking Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.” EffortDrugCombatColombiaTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.” FirstsHas BeensGovernmentFightingDrugTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“In the United States there are only two exceptions: banks have to report deposits they suspect to be related to either terrorism or drug trafficking. But if your funds derive from trafficking women and children for sexual exploitation, for example, or from illegal arms trafficking or any other illegal activity, then banks in the US are legally free to accept your money and are not required to report your deposit to the authorities.” IfsChildrenTwoStatesUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesExampleArmsDrugActivityAuthorityTerrorismRelatedReportsExceptionFundIllegalSuspectsExploitationDepositsTraffickingDrug TraffickingIllegal Activities Author:Thomas Pogge