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Narco-state

Narco-state, also called narco-capitalism or narco-economy, is a political and economic term applied to countries where all legitimate institutions become penetrated by the power and wealth of the illegal drug trade. The term was first used to describe Bolivia following the 1980 coup of Luis García Meza which was seen to be primarily financed with the…

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related to Further reading · 47
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related to Panama · 24
Narco-state → American, Between, Central American, Colombia, Contras, Cuba, Drug Enforcement Administration, France, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela's, He, Hugo Spadafora, In, It, Jorge Ochoa's, Manuel Noriega, Medellín Cartel, Nicaragua, Noriega, Noriega's, Panama
related to Syria · 21
Narco-state → Another, Arab, As, Assad, Ba'athist Syria, Bashar, Beqaa Valley, Captagon, Centre, During, It, Lebanon, Middle East's, New York Times, Operational Analysis, Research, Syria, Syrian, The, Throughout
related to Belize · 17
Narco-state → Belize, Belizean, Briceño, Don Joe, El Chapo, Elijio, Guzmán, Honduras, Ismael Zambada García, Joaquín, Johnny Briceño, Mexican, Mexico, Sinaloa Cartel, The, Two, United States
related to Venezuela · 16
Narco-state → Aissami, El Aissami, For, In November, Latin America, Mexican, Narcosobrinos, Nicolas Maduro, Since, The, UN Nikki Haley, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela Tareck, Venezuela's, Venezuelan
related to Guinea-Bissau · 13
Narco-state → An, Colombian, European Union, Foreign Policy, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau's, Jamaica, Panama, The Guardian, United Nations, United States, West Africa, West African
related to Netherlands · 13
Narco-state → After, As, Derk Wiersum, Dutch Police Association, French, In, Justice, Minister Grapperhaus, Netherlands, Peter, Security, Since, Vries
related to Iran · 12
Narco-state → Approximately, For, Iran, Iran’s GDP, Iraq, November, Revolutionary Guard, Since, The, The Times, Turkey, Various
related to Honduras · 11
Narco-state → All, Also Fabio Lobo, DEA, Haiti, Honduras, National Party, Porfirio Lobo, President Juan Orlando Hernández, Tony Hernández, United States, US
related to Suriname · 7
Narco-state → Bouterse, Dino Bouterse, His, Netherlands, President Dési Bouterse, Suriname, United States

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drug trafficking cocaine states trade united cartel opium syria regime medellín cartels drugs president government colombian also colombia 1980s production

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Nigeriainstance ofThese new routes proved to be more profitable and successful than shipping from North America and turned African states0.80text
Ghanainstance ofThese new routes proved to be more profitable and successful than shipping from North America and turned African states0.80text
and later on Guinea-Bissau into actual narco-statesinstance ofThese new routes proved to be more profitable and successful than shipping from North America and turned African states0.80text
Iraninstance ofMost of the opium was smuggled through Herat and Faizabad to the Golden Crescent countries0.80text
Pakistaninstance ofMost of the opium was smuggled through Herat and Faizabad to the Golden Crescent countries0.80text
the drug trade to support its economyinstance ofand he surrendered himself to the authorities in 1996.North KoreaThe international isolation imposed on North Korea has made the North Korean regime rely on illicit activities0.80text
the Philippinesinstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text
the United Statesinstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text
Hong Konginstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text
Thailandinstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text
western Africainstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text
othersinstance oflater being sent to countries0.80text

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