Tough Questions on Latin America Drug War Await Obama
600 views · Published 23 January 2009 · 4:10 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Along with other responsibilities, President Barack Obama is assuming control of the decades-long struggle to stop illegal drug shipments into the United States from Latin America and elsewhere. With drug-related violence soaring in Mexico, the issue is gaining new urgency at the same time US anti-drug cooperation with some Latin American nations is strained because of political differences. VOA's Brian Wagner reports on the anti-drug issues facing the new president.
