COCAINE AND THE CIA IN THE CARIBBEAN:DARK ALLIANCE.

Cocaine in the Caribbean: A Clear and present danger as Narco Cartels Increase their influence in the Region Terrorism is a real Threat Regionally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indeed in 1999, after Bill Clinton requited a $500,000 donation from Chiquita Banana's with a WTO case that ended preferential access to Europe for Caribbean bananas, some local leaders were overheard questioning whether they could afford to continue cooperating with the US in the "War on Drugs".

Caribbean islands were forced through the machinations of Western powers and in particular the United States of America, to become economies that depend largely on "Tourism', for their economic sustenance.
Multinationals like Chiquita Banana's have for decades held a virtual monopoly over the region with tactics like the one described above. Additionally the Multinational Corporations from Western Europe and America have continued the Clononialist Imperialist direction of their respective governments on the economic level. Some "revolutions", were funded by Chiquita Banana's when it was still called United Fruit Company. Millions of dollars were expended by United Fruit/Chiquita Banana's, in Colombia for example to fund the Farcs and the AUC. The both groups in turn used the millions they received from Chiquita in building their arsenals and the FARC well known for its Kidnapping and narcotics dealing became a government unto itself.  Recently, Chiquita has been in the news as a result of sanctions by the US Justice and State Departments. Following 9/11, the US government made a list of groups around the world that it considered purveyors of terrorism (a list that conspicuously excludes any cells within the world’s largest military-industrial complex). As a means of balancing out the many "Islamic fundamentalists" on the list, the US included known para-military groups in Latin America, Chiquita Banana's was named as an entity that funded terrorism, this is laughable since the US government accepted millions and even billions of dollars from Chiquita over the years in the form of "taxes" and "donations", since the nineties the US government knew that Chiquita was a funder of terrorist groups, in the era of ultra political correctness and psuedo righteous governmental policies, we see the type of posturing and grandstanding now being displayed by the US governmnet.

One of the most recent and well documented cases of American intelligence agencies being involved in aiding and abetting the trafficking of drugs is the Manuel Noriega case the so called "Contra/Affair Scandal". Noriega was a known Drug Trafficker from the early seventies. Noriega, considered "outstanding" at the SOA, is on the CIA payroll (to the tune of up to $100,000 a year) from the mid-60s to the mid- 80s.

50s-60s Spy for US, informing on colleagues in his socialist party, and on leftist students at his Peruvian military academy.  New York Times, 9/28/88

1967 Finishes courses at SOA including Infantry Officer, Combat Intelligence Officer, Military Intelligence (Counter-Intelligence Officer Course), and Jungle Operations. An instructor calls him "outstanding."  John Dinges, Our Man in Panama, 1991

1971 US has "hard evidence" of his heavy involvement in drug trafficking, "sufficient for indictment". Nixon sets in motion initial plans for his assassination.  Frontline (PBS), 1/30/90

1970-76 Meanwhile, Noriega is in the pay of the CIA and the Pentagon, reportedly receiving more than $100,000 per year.  Newsweek, 1/15/90

1976 CIA Director George Bush gives him a VIP tour of CIA headquarters in Washington; he resides with Bush's Deputy Director.  Dinges

1977 Carter officials reportedly remove him from the US payroll.  New York Times, 10/2/88

1979 Gives haven to the overthrown Shah of Iran, brutal US-installed dictator.

1981 Becomes part of a ruling military junta after 13-year dictator and SOA graduate General Omar Torrijos dies in a plane crash, later blamed on Noriega and the CIA by other junta members.

Reagan/Bush officials put him back on the US payroll, again reportedly at more than $100,000 per year.  San Francisco Chronicle, 6/11/87

1981-83 Extensive drug trafficking and money laundering involving the Medellin, Colombia cocaine cartel.  Dinges

8/83 Seizes command of the National Guard (to be renamed "Panama Defense Forces"). He is the effective chief of state.

11/83 Washington visits with White House, State Department and Pentagon, including CIA Director William Casey.  Newsweek, 1/15/90

1983-86 The US loves him for: spying on Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega; allowing the United States to set up listening posts in Panama, with which they monitor sensitive communications in all of Central America and beyond; aiding the American warfare against the rebels in El Salvador and the government of Nicaragua (facilitating the flow of money and arms to the contras, allowing the US to base spy planes in Panama in clear violation of the canal treaties, giving the US permission to train contras in Panama, and spying in support of American sabotage inside of Nicaragua).  Newsweek, 1/15/90

 

1983-86 The US hates him for: suspected spying for Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega; helping Cuba circumvent the US economic embargo; helping to get weapons for the Sandinistas and for the guerrillas m El Salvador and Colombia; transferring high technology to Eastern Europe.1984 The CIA and the Medellin cartel help finance the campaign of Noriega�s candidate for President, Nicolas Barletta. Barletta is declared the winner ten days after the election, while the US ambassador hides from the media information that Barletta had been defeated by at least four thousand votes. Political opposition parties demonstrate for weeks against the egregious fraud, to no avail. Reagan welcomes Barletta to the Oval Office, and Secretary of State George Schultz attends the inauguration.1985 A few enthusiastic Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents and US Attorneys, keeping a low profile, begin investigations into his drug activities.6/86 The New York Times carries a front-page story recounting many of his questionable activities, including his drug trafficking and money laundering operations, and the murder of a political opponent. It is the most detailed and damning report on him to appear in the US media. The Reagan administration reassures him that he need not be overly concerned about the story.7/86 Oliver North arranges for an American public relations firm to work on improving Panama's and Noriega's image, in return for continued support of the Nicaraguan sabotage campaign.  Iran-Contra testimony of PR firm official1987 Drug Enforcement Agency head John Lawn praises Noriegas "personal commitment" in helping to solve a major money laundering case. High US law enforcement officials, including Lawn, work alongside Noriega at a meeting of Interpol, even advising him on how to achieve a better public image.  Los Angeles Times, 1/16/901988 Indictment on Federal drug charges. (His principal protectors in Washington are gone: North had been relieved of his duties in 1986, Casey had died in 1987.) All the charges relate to activities prior to June 1984 (except for one drugs/arms deal in 1986). The DEA is deeply divided between those who investigated him as a criminal and those who swore by the authenticity of his cooperation with their agency.  Dinges. 5/89 The CIA provides more than $10 million in aid to Noriegas opposition. When the ballot counting indicated his candidate losing heavily, he stops the electoral process and allows violence against opposition candidates and their supporters. Unlike 1984, Washington expresses its moral indignation about the fraudulent election.  US News & World Report, 5/1/8910/89 Elements of the Panamanian Defense Forces take custody of him for two hours and offer to turn him over to the US military, but are refused (Bush has never clearly explained this decision). They receive no US support, and pro-Noriega forces free him. New York Times, 10/8/90

12/89 The US invades Panama, ostensibly in order to capture Noriega, who is in a Florida prison serving a forty-year sentence for drug trafficking. The official body count is approximately 500 Panamanians (mainly civilians) dead, but nongovernmental sources with no less evidence count thousands more; there are also over 3,000 wounded, tens of thousands left homeless. Plus 23 American dead, 324 wounded. Reporter: "Was it really worth it to send people to their death for this? To get Noriega?" Bush: "Every human life is precious, and yet I have to answer, yes, it has been worth it."  New York Times, 12/22/891990 The original post-invasion plans called for outright US military government, with the head of the US Army Southern command as Panamas de facto ruler. At the last minute a decision is made to install Guillermo Endara as president, but his government is "merely a façade".  official Pentagon study of the Panama occupation, cited in The Nation, 10/3/94. Endara, one of the two vice presidents, and the attorney general, all have links to drug trafficking and money laundering.  EXTRA!, 1/90. The US confiscates thousands of boxes of Noriega government documents and refuses to hand over any of them to Panamanian investigators. "The United States is protecting robbers and thieves and obstructing justice. We are the owners of the documents. If I am to complete my work, I have to see the documents."  Panamas chief prosecutor, Los Angeles Times, 6/23/901991 Colombian drug cartels and associates of Noriega once again turn Panama into a narcotics transshipment center; there are far more cocaine production facilities than ever existed under Noriega, and drug use in Panama is reportedly at a far higher level.  Los Angeles Times, 4/28/91.

 

The above information is only a minuscule rendering of public facts on the CIA's involvenment in drug trafficking. The present "WAR ON DRUGS', is a farce the people who are terrorist's were in fact funded and in many cases created by the governments who are against them today, the public in this scenario are simply pawns and lumpen proplketariats. This article will be continued.