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...headline in the daily El Tiempo seemed to say it all: ONCE AGAIN THE MAFIA MAKES A FOOL OF COLOMBIA. The paper was denouncing the release from prison last week of Billionaire Jorge Ochoa Vasquez, 38, reputedly a leader of a crime cartel that supplies 80% of the cocaine consumed in the U.S. Ever since Ochoa was arrested at a roadblock on Nov. 21, Washington and Bogota had been negotiating over his extradition to the U.S., where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges...
...conference also called for a ceiling on the repayment of Latin America's $400 billion foreign debt -- much of it owed to U.S. banks. For all the tough talk, however, the meeting accomplished little. The eight countries at Acapulco -- Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela -- have no means of imposing their views on the other OAS members. Still, the likelihood of an increasing regional assertiveness at odds with U.S. policies and interests brought little comfort to Washington...
Noriega's cronies have also been suspected of drug trafficking. His personal aide, Colonel Julian Melo, was implicated in the operations of a large cocaine laboratory inside Panama; Melo was fired but not prosecuted. Last year Cesar Rodriguez, who had worked as a pilot for Noriega, was murdered in Colombia in what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. Critics charge that while Noriega has deported some midlevel traffickers to the U.S., he has never arrested the cocaine barons who use Panama as a plush hideout. After Colombia's Justice Minister, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, was assassinated in 1984, leaders...
Despite such precautions, employee theft is common. Among the offenders are the uniformed security guards and soldiers that protect every mine. At night, they often change to civilian clothes and join the guaqueros for a little prospecting. That is yet another reason why Colombia has a thriving black market in the green gems...
Franchising is hotter than ever. -- Insurance firms face the staggering cost of AIDS. -- Green fever can be deadly in Colombia...