Thursday, February 12, 2009

Latin American Commission Blasts US Drug Wa

A commission led by three former Latin American heads of state has blasted the US-led drug war for pushing Latin American societies to the breaking point. Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said, “The available evidence indicates that the war on drugs is a failed war.” The Wall Street Journal reports the commission’s report warned that the US-style anti-drug strategy was putting the region’s fragile democratic institutions at risk.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/12/headlines#14

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