Venezuela's Drug-Trafficking Role Is Growing Fast, U.S. Report Says

Venezuela's Drug-Trafficking Role Is Growing Fast, U.S. Report Says

BOGOTA, Colombia, July 18 -- A report for the U.S. Congress on drug smuggling through Venezuela concludes that corruption at high levels of President Hugo Chávez's government and state aid to Colombia's drug-trafficking guerrillas have made Venezuela a major launching pad for cocaine bound for the...

(By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)