Peru's new anti-drug czar in delicate dance with U.S.
		
				Reuters
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
	
	
	Tuesday, October 18, 2011
 Peru's leftist  government has scored some early victories in its bid to overhaul  anti-drugs policy in the world's top coca grower while keeping the  United States as a key partner, the country's new drug czar said. Ricardo Soberon, a lawyer who  previously worked for a legislator with close links to coca growers, was  seen as a risky choice to lead anti-drug efforts in a country that may  surpass Colombia as the world's top cocaine producer.
Peru's leftist  government has scored some early victories in its bid to overhaul  anti-drugs policy in the world's top coca grower while keeping the  United States as a key partner, the country's new drug czar said. Ricardo Soberon, a lawyer who  previously worked for a legislator with close links to coca growers, was  seen as a risky choice to lead anti-drug efforts in a country that may  surpass Colombia as the world's top cocaine producer.
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