US removes Venezuela and Bolivia from list of countries failing on drugs

​The United States government removed Venezuela and Bolivia from the category of countries that Washington says have failed to demonstrably combat international drug trafficking, while keeping Colombia, Afghanistan and Myanmar on that list. The determination, sent to Congress on Tuesday and released by the State Department on Wednesday, is part of the annual assessment of the 23 countries deemed major drug transit or producing states, five of which had been designated last year as having “failed demonstrably.” Read MoreMercoPress​​Politics, Latin America, United States, Venezuela, Unasur 

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