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ramon rodriguez chacin

Venezuela: narcoestado

Recuerdo un comentario en un intercambio con Moises Naím hace unos años “fijate como la droga proveniente de Sudamerica ahora está entrando en Europa por África. Investiga para que veas...” Me puse a investigar el tema y escribí un articulo titulado “The Venezuela Connection”, que fue publicado en RealClearPolitics, donde narraba cómo autoridades europeas y africanas estaban interceptando alijos de droga cada vez mayores que compartían la particularidad del origen. Ya no era Colombia sino Venezuela, desde donde los carteles estaban despachando la merca.