Allegations link Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to drug trafficking, while Venezuela’s regime, and its Cartel of the Suns, process a major personnel shift. In Chile, a major cocaine and ketamine seizure raises eyebrows.
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In this week’s On the Radar, we ask:
The US alleges Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is involved in drug trafficking – but is he?
What does the dismissal of Venezu...
The strongest version of this narrative presents a coherent picture of Latin America’s drug trade as deeply intertwined with political power structures. The allegations against Petro, while unproven, align with historical US-Colombia tensions over drug policy, and the dismissal of Padrino López in Venezuela suggests internal power struggles within a regime already under strain. Chile’s drug seizure, though smaller in scale, reinforces the region’s evolving role in global trafficking networks. Th...