US promises $1bn in security aid to Colombia as new rightwing president pledges drugs crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/us-promises-1bn-in-security-aid-to-colombia-as-new-rightwing-president-pledges-drugs-crackdown
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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 17d
Drugs already won the war on drugs.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 17d
Is this the reason why they shifted from "Drug cartels as a security energency"to “leftism as a security emergency“? Also it's gonna be glorious whenbthe money for these puppet states dries out.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 16d
partnering with right wing central American strongmen will undoubtedly end well.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 16d
Is everyone prepared for a massive flood of CIA trafficked cocaine to pay for arming proxies around the world? I know I am! The cocaine part anyway.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 16d