Bolivia South America

Agreements and Treaties. Brazil became a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991. Agreements based on the 1988 Convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil is also a party to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention, and the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, and South Africa. Brazil cooperates bilaterally with other countries and participates in the UNDCP and the Organization of American States/Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD). Brazil signed the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants on December 12, 2000. Brazil signed the Protocol against the Illicit Ma ... [Read More]

E) South America

Agreements and Treaties. Brazil became a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991. Bilateral agreements based on the 1988 convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, and South Africa. Brazil cooperates bilaterally with other countries and participates in the UN Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Organization of American States/Anti-drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD). In June, the USG and GOB (Secretariat of the Federal Revenue) signed a bilateral Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA). The CMAA will assist both countries in law enforcement efforts. Brazil and the U.S. are parties to a bilateral extradition treaty and additional protocol, signed in 1961 and 1962, respectively. ... [Read More]

Tips for Travelers to Central & South America

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South America

Agreements and Treaties. Brazil became party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991. Bilateral agreements based on the 1988 convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, and South Africa. Brazil cooperates bilaterally with other countries and participates in programs conducted by the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and the Organization of American States/Anti-drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD). ... [Read More]

South America

Agreements and Treaties. Brazil became a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991. Bilateral agreements based on the 1988 convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, and South Africa. In December 2000, Brazil signed the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols. ... [Read More]

Countries and Other Areas

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Three Latin American countries--Bolivia, Honduras, and Nicaragua--were among those countries qualifying to apply for Millennium Challenge Account assistance in FY2005. [ full text (pdf)] ...

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South America – Educational Advising Centers – EducationUSA

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South America

Agreements And Treaties. Brazil became a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991. Bilateral agreements based on the 1988 convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, and South Africa. Brazil cooperates bilaterally with other countries and participates in the UN Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Organization of American States/Anti-drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD). Brazil is also a party to the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and is a signatory to the December 2003 UN Convention against Corruption, which has not yet entered into force. ... [Read More]

South America

Agreements and Treaties. Brazil became a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention in 1991, although it still lacks legislation formally implementing all of its provisions. While the pending omnibus narcotics law is needed to bring Brazil into full compliance with the UN Convention, in practice Brazil meets many of the overall objectives. Bilateral agreements based on the 1988 Convention form the basis for counternarcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil also has a number of narcotics control agreements with its South American neighbors, several European countries, South Africa and, in 1999, signed agreements with Peru, Spain and Romania. The Federal Police maintain liaison on counternarcotics matters with the U.S., Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada and Italy through narcotics officers of those countries posted to their embassies in Brasilia. Brazil has agreements facilitating extradition and integration of police operations with its Merco ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Cote d’Ivoire is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Available information indicates that the overall magnitude of trafficking in Cote d’Ivoire has diminished in the past few years. Ivoirian girls are trafficked within the country for exploitation as domestic servants, street vendors, and prostitutes, and occasionally are lured to Europe where they are forced into commercial sexual exploitation after being deceived by false marriage proposals. Children from Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and Benin are trafficked to Cote d’Ivoire for agricultural and domestic labor exploitation. Nigerian and Ghanaian women and children, as well as some females from Algeria, Morocco, China, and the Philippines, are trafficked to Abidjan and other large towns for sexual exploitation. Some of these women also transit Cote d’Iv ... [Read More]