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The Leahy Amendment is a law passed in 1997 that prohibits U.S. funding of security forces whose members have been credibly implicated in human rights violations, stating: None of the…

History of a Failed War  In 1986 President Reagan declared war on drugs by citing drug trafficking a threat to US national security. Three years later the Bush administration followed…

Certification Process Conditions Economic Assistance Beginning in 1986, the U.S. government implemented a certification process, in which access to loans and grants became dependent upon the executive branch’s yearly determination…

REPORT: Human Rights Violations from the "War on Drugs" in Bolivia. By Bjorn Pettersson and Lesley MacKay. October, 1993. 22 pages. Available in English and Spanish. A brief overview of…