"Most politicians and reporters are silent about the collateral damage U.S. drug policy is causing to the
very democracy and human rights we claim to support. This well-informed book is the best country-by-country analysis
of the impact of U.S. drug policy on the politics and lives of our southern neighbors."
--Professor Kenneth E. Sharpe, Swarthmore College, co-author of Drug War Politics
"This sober, comprehensive, and well-documented study is a wake-up call for everyone who cares about the welfare
of Latin America and about the way the United States throws its weight around in the world."
--Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute
Publisher Web Site, November, 2004
Summary
Although the U.S. has spent more than $25 billion on international drug-control programs over the past two decades,
it has failed to reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin entering the country. It has, however, succeeded in generating
widespread, often profoundly damaging, consequences, most notably in Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors
of Drugs and Democracy in Latin America offer a comprehensive review of U.S. drug-control policies toward the region,
assess the impact of those policies on democracy and human rights, and present eight detailed case studies.
A project of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), this major work is the first systematic, region-wide
documentation and analysis of the collateral damage caused by the U.S. war on drugs.
Table of Contents
The U.S. "war on drugs" : its impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
p. 1
The U.S. military in the war on drugs
p. 15
U.S. police assistance and drug control policies
p. 61
Colombia : a vicious circle of drugs and war
p. 99
Bolivia : clear consequences
p. 143
Peru : drug control policy, human rights, and democracy
p. 185
Ecuador : untangling the drug war
p. 231
Mexico : the militarization trap
p. 263
The Caribbean : the "third border" and the war on drugs
p. 303
The collateral damage of the U.S. war on drugs : conclusions and recommendations
p. 339
An overview of U.S. laws and agencies related to international drug control efforts
p. 367
Funding and staffing for DEA programs in Latin America, 1998-2004
p. 385
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