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Article: The muzziest of wars; the United States is becoming involved in the drugs wars of Colombia and Peru; the trouble is that drugs and politics get mixed up. (editorial)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 5, 1990
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Three killed and a month to go: courage is the first quality required of presidential candidates in Colombia. Carlos Pizarro was shot on April 26th, Bernardo Jaramillo a month before. Both were men of the far left, lately persuaded to try the electoral road to change. Their murders may frighten Colombia's fading revolutionaries into staying clear of electoral politics. That is what their far-right foes wanted, and is probably why they were killed.
Luis Carlos Galan, murdered last August, was a casualty in Colombia's other war, against the drugs barons. He was a Liberal, blown away at an election rally by gangsters who feared that, if elected, he would carry on ...