Latin America and the Multinational Drug Trade

From: Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Joyce, Elizabeth, and Carlos Malamud, eds. Latin America and the Multinational Drug Trade. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 242 pp.; hardcover $49.95.

Coca and cocaine have become integrally associated with Latin America, contributing to notoriety, violence, and the breakdown of states. Yet despite feverish publicity, a plethora of policy formulations, and extensive academic examination, a clearer understanding of coca's role in the cultures and economies of the region and its complex economic and political impact on the hemisphere is still ...

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