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US Department Of State Post Report
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International Security - US Department of State
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South America
Drug traffickers continue to move coca products out of Peru by land, air, and sea, as well as opium latex and morphine across northern land borders, to U.S., South American and European markets. Maritime smuggling of larger cocaine shipments is the primary method of transporting multi-ton loads of cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride (HCl). In 2004, record-breaking cocaine seizures included four tons of cocaine base intercepted at sea and almost two tons of cocaine HCl packed in frozen squid from Peruvian seaports. Mexican trafficking organizations are implicated in using Peru as a primary source of cocaine base and HCl. Dense coca cultivation is increasing in new areas outside the traditional source zones of Monzon and Apurimac/Ene Valleys. With United States Government support, Peru eradicated almost 10,000 hectares of coca in CY 2004: almost 7,500 through conventional eradication, and 2,500 through alternative development (ADP)/voluntary eradication. ADP su ... [Read More]
E) South America
The Road Ahead. Increasingly, the collaborative efforts of the governments of the United States and Venezuela are focusing on the development of intelligence information and legal evidence aimed at disrupting and dismantling the narcotrafficking organizations that operate in Venezuela. To counter the expanding use of Venezuelas seaports and border points of entry as drug transit routes, the U.S. Customs Service and INL will sponsor projects to improve security at these locations by assisting the GOV to improve organizing procedures and divisions of responsibility; offering training in document inspection, cargo searches, and intelligence analysis; and donating selected equipment to improve GOV customs capabilities. USCS will deploy several customs inspectors to key ports and border locations as trainers and advisors during the start-up phase at each location. In support of this port security program and other projects, the DEA and INL will assist the GOV to improve its ability to ... [Read More]
South America
Accomplishments. The most notable counternarcotics achievement in 2003 was the capture and expulsion to Brazil of Claudair Lopes de Faria, who was wanted in Brazil for trafficking and murder. During the investigation, the discovery that Claudair possessed false Paraguayan identification, opened a probe into possible government accomplices. The arrest served to highlight the advances the SENAD has made in surveillance techniques and investigative strategies. The same skills proved successful in the arrest of known narcotics trafficker Hassan Abdullah Dayoub, who was stopped at the Asuncion airport on his way to Syria carrying 2.33 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside an electric organ. Improved detection skills were also on display in the arrest of several individuals attempting to carry cocaine by ingestion. In conjunction with the Attorney General's Office (AG), the SENAD carried out a sting operation that led to the arrest of two attorneys, includin ... [Read More]
South America
The recent seizure of a partially constructed, 100-foot submarine outside the city of Bogota reflects the versatility and financial resources of Colombian drug traffickers. Had it been completed, this submarine would have been capable of transporting up to ten metric tons of cocaine to the United States, about five percent of annual U.S. demand, while remaining at snorkel depth the entire trip. With an estimated total cost of 20 million dollars, this incident again demonstrates trafficker resources and ingenuity. Colombian cocaine trafficking groups generate billions of dollars in revenues each year, resources that increasingly have been used to purchase the best talent and technology available on the world market. While smaller semi-submersible vessels have been seized in the past, drug law enforcement officials do not believe that "drug submarines" are likely to become a significant threat or a common mode used to transport drugs. Approximately 85 percent of the ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Uruguays economy has traditionally been based on agricultural products such as beef, leather and wool. In the last two decades, services such as banking and tourism, and non-traditional exports such as textiles, shoes and rice have started playing a more important role. Although Uruguay has no known hydrocarbon deposits, it is generously endowed with hydroelectric resources, now mostly developed. During the 1950s, with rising exports of agricultural products, Uruguayans incomes were among the highest in Latin America. However, in the early 1960s Uruguay followed an import-substitution model that protected local industry through high tariffs. While at first successful, the long-term results were high inflation, lagging p ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
For more information on items to bring to post, request CLO Pre-Arrival Welcome Information. Basic ServicesLast Updated: 11/17/2003 10:24 AM Tailoring, dressmaking, and mending services for shoes are available. The Embassy offers dry cleaning service at reasonable prices. Beauty shops are plentiful, and the Embassy has a barbershop downstairs. Radio and TV repairs are generally good if parts are available. Quality auto repairs are available, but you may wish to bring spare parts from the U.S. depending on your car make and model. Domestic HelpLast Updated: 11/17/2003 3:21 PM ... [Read More]
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Instituto Benjamin Franklin de Yucatan ... ARGENTINA Instituto Cultural Argentino Norteamericano (ICANA) (BNC) ... Asociacion Mendocina de Intercambio Cultural Argentino-Norteamericano (AMICANA) ... [Read More]
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