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NewsHour Links
February 27, 1997:
Charles Krause interviews Sen. Diane Feinstein about her opposition to re-certifying Mexico.
Oct. 4, 1996:
Charles
Krause analyzes
EPR rebels attacks and their potential impact on the future stability of Mexico .
Sept. 13, 1996:
Learn about EPR activities in Mexico in an Online Forum with NewsHour foreign correspondent Charles Krause.
March 20, 1996:
An interview with Columbia's President Samper, discussing his country's decertification as an ally with the U.S. in it's war on drugs.
The complete NewsHour coverage of Latin America.
EXTERNAL LINKS
A Map of Mexico
Inter-American Development Bank
Senator
Dianne Feinstein's press releases about Mexico.
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Peter Schuck of Encino, CA asks:
"Certification" Falacy
As U.S. consumption drives narcotrafficking, ought the question of "certification" not be reversed; shouldn't the Latin Americans be asking Washington, "What is the USA doing to eliminate demand?"
Michael Stott responds:
They do! Latin American government officials constantly raise the issue of
demand reduction with the United States at meetings where narcotics are on the
agenda and U.S. drug officials have themselves recognised on numerous occasions
that they need to do more to cut consumption. Washington drug czar Gen. Barry
McCaffrey, for example, said in Mexico City on April 17 that demand for drugs
in the United States was the root cause of the international problem and that
joint cooperation "fully recognising the sovereign rights of each nation" was
the only way to succeed.
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