A Quote by Evo Morales

When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes .... The US uses drug trafficking and terrorism for political control .... We have nationalised the fight against drug trafficking.

Evo Morales

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Evo Morales
Bolivian - Statesman
Born: October 26, 1959

There are two facets to the CIA's management and control of international drug trafficking, on behalf of the corporate interests that rule America. It's important to note that the US government's involvement in drug trafficking began before the CIA existed, as a means of controlling states, as well as the political and social movements within them, including America.

Douglas Valentine

Unfortunately, in this Obama Government, we have charges of drug trafficking and terrorism. For Evo, it's drug trafficking. For Hugo, it's terrorism. Evo Morales, drug trafficking. Hugo Chavez, terrorism.

Evo Morales

In the United States there are only two exceptions: banks have to report deposits they suspect to be related to either terrorism or drug trafficking. But if your funds derive from trafficking women and children for sexual exploitation, for example, or from illegal arms trafficking or any other illegal activity, then banks in the US are legally free to accept your money and are not required to report your deposit to the authorities.

Thomas Pogge

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

Evo Morales

Drug and human traffic are getting a lot more attention than illicit wildlife trafficking. And just as we need to intensify our efforts to combat drug trade and human trafficking, we also need to intensify our efforts to combat illicit wildlife trafficking...They all need to be addressed through bold and consistent actions by the international community.

Robert Hormats

The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.

Juan Manuel Santos

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.

Sheila Jackson Lee

The fight against drug trafficking is a wildfire that threatens to consume those fundamental rights of the individual deliberately enshrined in our Constitution.

Juan Guerrero Burciaga

Drug trafficking is an inherently dangerous and violent business.

Jeff Sessions

Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.

Juan Manuel Santos

There's so much more to Colombia than drug trafficking, you have no idea. They're a bit worn out by the association.

Pedro Pascal

Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same penalty as we have in current law.

John Shadegg

One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining efforts in the fight against terrorism and other similar challenges: countering drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fighting famine, preserving environment and biodiversity, taking efforts to make the world more predictable, more stable.

Vladimir Putin

I completely support Ravi Kishan ji's remarks about saving youth from the problem of drug trafficking/addiction.

Jaya Prada

The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole an act of courage.

Pope Francis

By patrolling our borders, we can take a proactive stand against human trafficking, violence, terrorism, and illegal immigration from spiraling out of control.

Mike Parson

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