Foreign Assistance Legislation for Fiscal Years 1990-91: Review of proposed economic, security, and narcotics assistance requests for Latin America and the CaribbeanU.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 |
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Página 246 - Office, only the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee got copies of that report.
Página 210 - Mr. Chairman: I very much appreciate the opportunity to testify before this Committee. In general, I can say it no better than Nancy Reagan at the united Nations: "it is the United States alone which bears responsibility for its drug problem.
Página 145 - Second, human rights concerns have also been the focus of greater discussion in international organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the Belgrade Conference.
Página 144 - Nations member nations (the US, Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom), cooperation on controlling international narcotics production, trafficking and abuse were discussed in detail.
Página 166 - Colombia to prosecute, and for the impediment to the effective functioning of the judiciary, is the violence which has led to the death of many in the justice system, and the intimidation of countless others. Bolivia, second only to Peru, is a primary source of coca leaf for the illicit international cocaine market. The majority of Bolivian-grown coca is smuggled to Colombia in the form of coca paste and cocaine base for final processing into cocaine HC1 . Since the mid-1980's, enforcement activity...
Página 162 - US agencies also participate. The US Coast Guard and the US Border Patrol act as advisors for riverine operations. The Department of Defense provides training and logistical support. Snowcap statistics indicate both the tremendous production capabilities and the critical need for effective enforcement in the area. For example, in the first two years of the operation, there were 30 HC1 laboratories destroyed in Bolivia, 83 base laboratories destroyed in Peru, and 127 HC1 laboratories seized
Página 170 - Brazil is also a significant source country for acetone and ether, chemicals utilized in the processing of cocaine HC1 . The Brazilian Federal Police seized over 12,300 liters of acetone and over 16,100 liters of ether in 1988. Brazil participated in and conducted a wide variety of unilateral and multilateral drug enforcement operations against marijuana and cocaine trafficking. The Government of Brazil has realized significant success in both its drug interdiction and eradication programs. Over...
Página 182 - Haiti, increasing from 667 kllogans of cocaine in 1987 to 1,383 kilograms of cocaine in 1988. This was due, in part, to the improved operations made possible by the CIC. The Bahamas are a major transit point for cocaine and marijuana entering the United States. The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas has repeatedly stated its opposition to drug trafficking and in 1988 continued to demonstrate its willingness to cooperate with the United States on narcotics matters. Cooperation has remained...
Página 159 - It was a great success. Simultaneous narcotics enforcement operations were fully coordinated among 30 nations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Joint law enforcement efforts, Intensified border searches, tracking and seizure of essential chemicals. Immobilization of clandestine laboratories, tightened checkpoints at airports and on rivers and highways, with a special emphasis on currency smuggling, all combined to produce results that totally validated this major first step In developing...
Página 68 - Economic growth is essential both for providing the resources needed to relieve poverty and for establishing the kind of environment in which democracy can flourish. A wider sharing of the benefits of growth is needed to avoid the type of inequitable growth patterns which in the 1970s led a number of countries into armed internal conflict and repression by undemocratic regimes.