Items tagged with guatemala
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| Coca price crash contributing to Colombia food insecurity, UN says [14.07.2023] | A crash in the price of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, is contributing to food insecurity in Colombia and causing displacement, as people lea ... |
| Guatemala [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug policies, drug laws and legislative trends in Guatemala Since his election in 2012, President Otto Pérez Molina has been encouraging ... |
| ‘War on drugs’ is driving deforestation [21.11.2019] | Drug trafficking and the corresponding ‘war on drugs’ are driving deforestation in Central America, two new reports published by Fundación Neotropica ... |
| UN backs prohibitionist drug policies despite call for more 'humane solution' [19.04.2016] | The 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) has approved an agreement that leaves in place the prohibitionist policies banning narcotics us ... |
| Will Guatemala really explore marijuana legalization in 2015? [20.11.2014] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina in a recent interview mooted the idea of his country legalizing marijuana next year. Can we really expect bold ... |
| Guatemala may weigh softer drug punishments in liberalization push [14.10.2014] | Guatemala will weigh easing punishments for minor narcotics-related offenses as part of a push to liberalize drug policy and explore regulating produ ... |
| Guatemalan president still mulling whether to legalize marijuana [24.07.2014] | Will Guatemala ever legalize marijuana? Maybe. The country's president, Otto Perez Molina, didn't rule out the possibility of legalizing the drug dur ... |
| Despenalization of drugs: Realities and Perspectives in Guatemala [02.07.2014] | The Institute of National Problematics of the University of San Carlos in Guatemala recently presented a new publication “Despenalization of drugs: R ... |
| Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas [27.06.2014] | Latin America is now at the vanguard of international efforts to promote drug policy reform: Bolivia has rewritten its constitution to recognize the ... |
| Guatemalan president eyes drug legalization proposal in late 2014 [02.04.2014] | Guatemala could present a plan to legalize production of marijuana and opium poppies towards the end of 2014 as it seeks ways to curb the power of or ... |
| Guatemala president to UN: Reform global drug policy [25.09.2013] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina rose to power in 2011 on the promise of crushing organized crime. The former army general pledged high-securit ... |
| Guatemalan president applauds Uruguayan pot legalization vote [05.08.2013] | Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has called last week’s approval by Uruguayan lawmakers in the lower house of the legalization of recreational ... |
| Central America [23.05.2013] | Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Central America The Central American region connecting North and South America has traditionally been ... |
| Guatemalan leader sees paradigm shift on drug policy [12.02.2013] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez said he is feeling less alone in his drive to re-think the fight against drug-trafficking than a year ago, when he sh ... |
| Guatemala's president: 'My country bears the scars from the war on drugs' [18.01.2013] | This is at the heart of the awakening in Latin America, a feeling that drugs prohibition has allowed rich and powerful cartels to rise to such promin ... |
| The Northern Triangle’s drugs-violence nexus [28.11.2012] | Mexico has occupied the limelight when it comes to media attention focusing on drug-related violence in Latin America. However, it is actually Centra ... |
| Narco-states grope for new strategy [04.11.2012] | Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala face the need to modify their approach to the fight against drug trafficking and are urging the world to do the same. ... |
| Latin American nations push UN to drop zero tolerance on drugs [04.10.2012] | Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico – hardly liberal bastions – have taken the matter a step further. The Latin American countries, each threatened by dr ... |
| Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico Urge UN to Review Global Drug Policy [03.10.2012] | Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala delivered a landmark declaration to the United Nations Secretary General calling on the organization to lead a debate ... |
| AP Interview: Guatemala prez says legalize drugs [24.09.2012] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is advocating the international legalization of drugs even as he is moving to fight narcotics cartels with the ... |
| A breakthrough in the making? [25.06.2012] | Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac ... |
| We have to find new solutions to Latin America's drugs nightmare [08.04.2012] | Guatemala will not fail to honour any of its international commitments to fighting drug trafficking. But nor are we willing to continue as dumb witne ... |
| Chronicle of a debate foretold [04.04.2012] | Political divides in the Central American region around drug control surfaced sharply at the recent regional summit on “New Routes against Drugs Traf ... |
| Central American drug summit inconclusive [24.03.2012] | A conclave of Central American presidents meeting in Guatemala to discuss a major overhaul of their drug laws — including legalization or decriminali ... |
| Guatemala sets out plans to shake up anti-drug policy [23.03.2012] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez on Saturday set out a raft of proposals to tackle rampant drug-fuelled violence in Central America, including decrimi ... |
| Guatemalan president leads drug legalization debate [22.03.2012] | On the campaign trail, Otto Perez Molina vowed to rule his country with an iron fist. The retired general said he would send troops into the streets ... |
| 'This Debate Will No Longer be Suppressed' [09.03.2012] | Latin American leaders are increasingly speaking out against prohibition. And public opinion in America, especially when it comes to legalizing pot, ... |
| Just say no [05.03.2012] | Given the recent calls by several Latin American presidents for a debate on legalising drugs, would the United States show any flexibility in its sta ... |
| VP Biden goes to Latin American amid drug debate [02.03.2012] | Vice President Joe Biden heads to Latin America Sunday amid unprecedented pressure from political and business leaders to talk about something U.S. o ... |
| Interview: Guatemala president says drug war can’t be fought with arms [15.02.2012] | Guatemala’s first president with a military background in 25 years said Tuesday the drug war can’t be won with arms alone, and pledged that his admin ... |
| Guatemala president weighs drug legalization, blames US for not reducing consumption [14.02.2012] | U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President O ... |
| Legalizing drugs gains ground in Latin America [13.02.2012] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has repeated his suggestion that Guatemala and the other nations of Central America should consider decriminal ... |
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