Venezuela’s Drug-Trafficking Role Is Growing Fast, U.S. Report Says

By Juan ForeroWashington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, July 19, 2009

“BOGOTA, Colombia, July 18 — A report for the U.S. Congress on drug smuggling through Venezuela concludes that corruption at high levels of President Hugo Chávez’s government and state aid to Colombia’s drug-trafficking guerrillas have made Venezuela a major launching pad for cocaine bound for the United States and Europe.”

View Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071801785.html?hpid=moreheadlines