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Interview with Cesar Gaviria, former President of Colombia

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Cesar Gaviria, former president of Colombia is interviewed by Sebastian Saville, Director of Release at launch of the report of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.

"The flow of drugs from Latin America into the US and Europe has increased.  I think that prohibition has aggravated the problem and it is time to look for new alternatives"

    Interview with Diego Garcia Sayan, former Foreign Minister of Peru

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    Diego Garcia Sayan, former Foreign Minister of Peru is interviewed by Sebastian Saville, Director of Release at launch of the report of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.

    "In many Latin American counties organized crime now has more power than democratic governments.  We need to speak more freely about the so called 'war on drugs' - which after so many years has failed"

      Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brasil

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      Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brasil is interviewed by Sebastian Saville, Director of Release at launch of the report of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.

      "I was President of Brasil for a long time - this was enough for me to be interested in the drug problems in Latin America.  The 'war on drugs' has weakened democracy."

        Slideshow: Lets Talk

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        This TalkingDrugs slideshow shows the global harm caused by the "war on drugs".

          International Drug Policy: Animated Report 2009

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          Produced by an Oscar-winning studio for the Global Drug Policy Program of the Open Society Institute, International Drug Policy: Animated Report 2009 highlights some of the disastrous effects of drug policy in recent years and proposes solutions for a way forward. In the run-up to the March 2009 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting—where the future path of international drug policy will be determined—this film seeks to show that pursuing a "drug-free world" can lead to more harm than good.

            Colombian war on drugs

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            The “Colombia plan”, as a mean of eradicating drug production, already took her parents and husband away from her. Cultivating drugs is for her the only opportunity of offering a decent future to her three children.

            The social and environmental costs of Plan Colombia have been duly recognized by much of the international community, notably by the European Union, whose Parliament voted 474 to 1 to condemn the plan in 2001.

              Report on cultivation of the coca-leaf

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              This video is an official news reporting on the findings of a research conducted by National Committee for the Development and Life without Drugs( DEVIDA), Peru. Romulo Pizarro, in his interviewe, highlights the figures relating to the damage being caused to the environment by coca-growing. He said it caused deforestation of the Amazon area, pollution of water and was damaging to personal health as well. He stresses the need that coca-growers be turned into proprietors of land and entrepreneurs, to stop the link between coca and drug-related crime.

              Reforesting coca affected land for fertility

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              As the title describes, the video tells about the first step of a reforestation project called Special Project for the Southern-Central Sierra(PESCS ). The aim of the project , as described by different narrators and interviewees, is to reconvert 400 Hectares of land which lost its fertility due to coca cultivation. The project is suported by the National Committee for the Development and Life without drugs (DEVIDA) and the Province of Silvia, Peru. The video was produced by Inforegionperu.

              Yungeno cocaleros march on la Paz

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              The first caption of the video explains: ‘ On the 22nd and 23rd of September (2008) thousands of coca-growers of the region of Yungas, marched on La Paz demanding justice for the massacre of their colleagues of the Pando region who were killed on 11 September. [The protesters] demanded arrest of Leopoldo Fernandez, ex-governor of the region and warned if necessary, they would be ready to lay siege of the city of Santa Cruz but postponing this action until 15 October.

              Evo's coca for Chavez on a live TV show

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              Bolivian President Evo Morales gives Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President, some coca-leaves during a public conference. Chavez comments, while chewing some leaves: ‘This is the sacred leaf of the Aymara People, of our indigenous people. Clearly Capitalism and the mafia converted it into cocaine. But as I already said, I will repeat, that coca is not cocaine.’ This video was produced by Noticias Venezuela, news portal on Youtube.com

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