Latin America

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Latin America

• Drug Wars
• By Andrew Sutherland, Iman Jandali, Arick Chow,
  Meia Matsuda, Jordan Pusser, Andrea Carter,
  Fernanda de Lima, Diandra Smithers

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History of drugs
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Columbian Drug Wars

• The country of Columbia has been torn by civil
  wars for decades. In the recent years, the rebels
  have become financed by the trade in illegal
  drugs. The U.S. government has sent about one
  billion dollars to the Columbian government to
  aid its fight against guerrillas. Coca
  production has doubled since 1996 and is still
  expanding. Some 500,000 families grow coca, opium
  poppies and marijuana because they have few other
  choices in raising their incomes.
• Groups of individuals with economic and political
  power emerged in the 1970s and formed
  paramilitary groups. They used violence to
  protect their interests and as they grew stronger
  they began to be absorded and runby drug cartels.
  They started to carry mor

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Statistics

• Colombia produced an estimated 648,000 tons of
  coffee bean in 2001, accounting for 29 of all
  agricultural exports.
  
• Colombia is the worlds second largest coffee
  grower contributing 13-16 of the total world
  world production each year
  
• Colombia also exports several major crops
  including bananas, plantains, potatoes, rice and
  sugar.
  
• Marijuana, coca leaf and opium are also grown for
  the production of illicit drugs
  
• In 1999 colombia produced an estimated 521,400
  tons of coca leaf and 75 tons of opium.

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Effect on populations

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Drug Wars effect on America

• Columbia supplies over 90 of the cocaine
  consumed in the United States. Columbia has 75
  of the worlds cocaine supply and 85 of U.S.
  money has cocaine traces on it.

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Modern Drug Wars

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Bibliography

• Acevedo, Ramón. "Columbia Displaced Communities
  Take Action." The Narco News Bulletin . 5 Sep.
  2005. Narco News. 9 Sep. 2005 m/Issue38/article1422.html.
• Foldvary, Fred. "Columbia Ruined by Drug Wars."
  Columbia Ruined by Drug Wars . The Progress
  Report. 10 Sep. 2005 ive/fold155.htm.
• "Economics." Drug War Facts Economics . 30 Jun.
  2005. Drug War Facts. 12 Sep. 2005
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