Bolivia halts US anti-drugs work

BBC ^ | 11/1/08

[LibWhacker]

President Evo Morales has announced he is suspending "indefinitely" the operations of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in Bolivia.

Mr Morales accused the agency of having encouraged anti-government protests in the country in September.

He did not say whether its staff would be asked to leave the country, as coca- growers have been pressing him to do.

Bolivia's first indigenous president once served as the leader of the country's union of coca-growers.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I guess he figures we’re going to need all the drugs we can get if the “messiah” is elected.

[americanophile]

If Obama is elected, this will just be the beginning. The U.S. will stop all offensive operations. We will return to a Jimmy Carter style defensive strategy as our military budget is slashed (Berney Frank wants 25% reduction), and Russia, China, and the bad actors of the world leverage their newfound economic and military might against a U.S. caught in malaise and recession.

[EagleUSA]

Half the population of this STUPID country has no idea, what Obama is capable of destroying and desirous for American citizens.....

[AmericanVictory]

If we seize the opportunity to drive the price of oil down further and keep it there and cause the Venezuelan people to get rid of Chavez we can get the situation under control in alliance with Colombia.

[nufsed]

If Obama will stop the war on drugs, that gives him one plus on the platform issue.

[max americana]

I’m not worried. Bolivia kicks out the DEA but I didn’t read anything about CIA, FBI, DOD operations being halted.

[Alia]

Ah, si! Evo Morales, leader of the “Movement Towards Socialism” has plans for his people, and using the simple “coca” leaf.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Time to start shipping low cost heroin to the Bolivian peasants.

[mysterio]

The US should follow suit and kick out the DEA.