The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics?
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The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics? Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this InSight Take, we unpack what Washington’s latest counternarcotics designations reveal about shifting cocaine routes, regional politics, and the Trump administration’s increasingly militarized approach to drug trafficking in Latin America. The post The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics? appeared first on InSight Crime.
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