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  • $1 billion slated for Central America’s drug war (funded by you, the American taxpayer)

    06/25/2011 6:32:22 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 22 replies
    AFP ^ | 2011-06-24
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Costa Rica’s President Laura Chinchilla and other leaders met in Guatemala City to discuss how to better fight crime and narco-trafficking in the region. GUATEMALA CITY – The World Bank unveiled Wednesday a billion-dollar bid to support security measures in Central America, as the United States and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) upped their funding in the region as well. The new funds come amid an upsurge in drug-related killings in Central America, a region the United Nations says is now the world’s most violent area outside of war zones. Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla...