by the El Reportero’s news services
Chávez and Uribe
Colombia and Venezuela have accepted an initiative of the joint Latin American and Caribbean summit to form a ‘group of friends’ to facilitate a rapprochement. This came after another round of escalating acrimony, which at one point threatened to derail the summit. Signs are that little will happen until after Colombia’s impending president elections.
U.S. drugs reports castigates Venezuela:
On March 1 the US State Department published its 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). The report, the 27th annual edition, is a review of foreign governments’ efforts to deal with their narcotics problems. Its broad conclusions are that Iran and Europe’s drugs problems are becoming urgent, while cocaine consumption in the US is slowing. Within Latin America, Venezuela, and more surprisingly, Peru, come in for implied criticism.
