Dear readers,

The lines below are a translation of an article written by Jose Melendez, from San Jose, CR. It was published in El Universal (Mexico City) on Sunday, July 20, 2008. It appears linked in this notebook.

Narco Submerges to Elude Radars
Traffic Along Colombia - Mexico Route Using Submarines
by Jose Melendez, correspondent for El Universal
translation by Marc Van Riper

A small submersible attempted to cross the Panama canal, tied to the propellers of a ship, to carry 35 kilos of cocaine to Europe, during May of this year. Two other small submarines were detected in front of the coasts of Guatemala and Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean, in 2006 and 2007, with 8 (metric) tonnes of cocaine on board.

Dear readers,

Venezuela has a federal law concerning illegal commerce and consumption of drugs. A link to the official pdf file to this law is offered below. The law appears in Spanish.

http://www.ona.gob.ve/Pdf/Ley_drogas2006.pdf

Dear readers,

Here are some numbers concerning the two subjects covered by this web site. I will try to keep the numbers somewhat updated. The perspective is largely on democracy/political evolution with brief notes on articles, including links to original aritcles in either Spanish or English.

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