The president of USA, Joe Bidenadded to China to the list of transit and drug producing countries and again accused Venezuela and Bolivia of failing to fulfill their obligations in the anti-drug fight.
USA “strongly urges China and other countries of origin of chemical substances to strengthen supply chains” and “avoid their detour”it states Biden in a memorandum addressed to the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Why did they include China on the list?
The inclusion of China was possible thanks to USA changed the legislation to add to the countries of origin of the chemicals used to produce drugs.
The modification was made based on the fentanyla synthetic opioid responsible for a good part of the more than 109,000 deaths from overdoses in 2022 in the country, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)the majority of chemical precursors come from China and ends up in the hands of the Mexican drug cartels.
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Mexico and the fight against drugs
Biden he stressed that “no country is more important than Mexico” in the anti-drug fight, in the text collected by the AFP news agency. In the memorandum, the president also referred to Colombia about which he warned that “the illicit cultivation of Coke and the production of cocaine remain at historically high levels”.
Biden urged the Government of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, “to expand your presence” in the producing regions of Coke and “make sustainable progress against criminal organizations”.
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Countries that are part of the list
In addition to the Asian giant, they make up the list Afghanistan, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Myanmar, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
The memorandum specifies that the reason why countries are included on the list “is the combination of geographic, commercial and economic factors that allow the transit or production of drugseven if a government has taken measures” of control.
The thesis of “chinese threat” and the US’s fear of losing world hegemony in 2050
However, the president again accuses Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela of “have demonstrably failed to comply” during the last 12 months your international obligations in the fight against narcoticsand insists that the support programs for these countries “are vital to the national interests of USA“.
Likewise, he urged the Government of the Bolivian president, Luis Arceto “take additional measures”, “reduce illicit cultivation” that “continues to exceed legal limits” and “continue expanding cooperation” international to dismantle transnational networks.
Afghanistan leaves this year the list of countries that failed “demonstrable” thanks to your progress “in the reduction in poppy cultivation and the production of narcotics“.
Source: Ambito
