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The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six individuals (four Guyanese, two Colombians) on June 5 for overseeing a major cocaine smuggling network from South America to the U.S. and Europe. Sanctioned Guyanese nationals allegedly bribed officials in the country, while active and former police officers facilitated trafficking through remote border zones. Weak governance, porous borders and corruption make Guyana a strategic route for cartels using narco-submarines, boats and clandestine airstrips – some managed […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Nermeen Shaikh in New York. AMY GOODMAN: And I’m Amy Goodman in Washington, D.C. NERMEEN SHAIKH: President Trump can keep control of some 4,000 National Guard troops deployed around Los Angeles, for now. Late Thursday, an appeals court stayed an earlier order to return authority […]