Peru: The New King of Cocaine (Full Length)
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News The United Nations announced in 2013 that Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world’s top producer of coca, the raw plant material used to manufacture cocaine. For the past two decades, Colombia has been virtually synonymous with cocaine. Now that Peru has become the global epicenter of cocaine production, the Andean nation runs the risk of becoming the world’s next great narco state. The Peruvian government is trying to crack down on the problem by ramping up eradication of coca plants, and devoting military and police resources to interdiction efforts. Despite the response — and a hefty amount of foreign aid devoted to combatting cocaine production — Peruvian coke is being consumed in the nightclubs of Lima and in cities around the world like never before. VICE News travels to Peru to learn more about the government’s battle plan against cocaine, and to see how nearly every aspect of Peruvian society is caught up in the fight. We witness how the fine, white powder has forced an entire nation to the brink in the global war on drugs. Read "Meet the Man Helping Peru's Foreign Drug Mules Get Home"- http://bit.ly/1qT9i1j Read "The Opium and Heroin Business Is Booming in Southeast Asia's 'Golden Triangle'" - http://bit.ly/1B2tzCe Read "A Law Designed to Target Coke Lords Is Screwing Over Legal Pot Companies" - http://bit.ly/1ylCr6x Read "'Air Cocaine': Trial Begins for Frenchmen Charged With Smuggling Drugs From the Dominican Republic" - http://bit.ly/1BqeT01 Watch "Rosario: Violence, Drugs and Football (Full Length)" - http://bit.ly/1w2kk6H Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews
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vice news reporters have some of the biggest balls of all time...and why the hell are they burning cocaine with the plastic??
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to het rid of drugs make opportunities so people can gain money in a positive way and show people how cocaine is really made and then nobody will buy it
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europe is the largest not the us anymore in coke abuse lol.
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Cokalina
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No sympathy for anyone. Its your choice.
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North America: new stupidity Trump people
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F***cken Goverment I dont believe ya'll vote for such people.
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The War on Drugs is the war on the small guys. The U.S.government is in the drug business, and the DEA is their guard dog to stop others from moving in on their drug biz.
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Of course the pretty Caucasian girl is living in an apartment "working at high end night clubs" while the Filipina makes $8 a day as a bathroom attendant.
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Cocaine creates jobs in Peru though, for the special units who are taking down the labs and landing strips... But that's none of my business
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How legitimate are these recordings? It's strange how the hosts manage to get permission to directly record and witness illegal activity.
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The Canadian woman is kind of funny.
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Im tired of my tax paying dollars being wasted on the drug war. I wish our politicians could see harm reduction has been successful in other countries war abroad is not the answer nor is unfair drug laws based on ignorance from 50 years ago time to rethink our way.
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ala mierda esos peruanos.que feos son ksmre mira ese color puerta jajjaja s
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Fucking gringos messing with other countries... gringos hijoeputas gonorreas
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Favellas in Lima? There are none!
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This world is FUCKED. It's never going to stop as long as the Vatican and IMF exist!
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all I see is $$$ from the peons to the governments lawl.
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