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  • On July 10, 2009, the Colombian magazine Donjuan published a story [es] about the hunt of a male hippopotamus that had escaped from Hacienda Nápoles, a estate owned by late drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria during his heyday.

    Global Voices in English » Colombia: The Hunt for Pablo Escobar’s Hippo 2009

  • A landmark proposal was made by three former presidents: Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, César Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil.

    Richard Nixon's 'war on drugs' began 40 years ago, and the battle is still raging 2011

  • "Our minimum goal is to get the U.S. to discuss the problem in all its magnitude and not to lock itself up in a policy that has failed," said Mr. Gaviria.

    Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure Jose de Cordoba 2011

  • Many analysts believe that the time has come to make a serious evaluation of other options such as decriminalizing drug use as was proposed by the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, composed by international figures such as the former presidents of Colombia, Cesar Gaviria, of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardozo, and of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo.

    José Fernando López: Is Mexico Winning the War on Drugs? José Fernando López 2012

  • In the report, Mr. Gaviria blasted the impact of U.S.-led antidrug efforts on already hard-pressed state institutions like the police and courts in countries throughout Latin America.

    Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure Jose de Cordoba 2011

  • In the report, Mr. Gaviria blasted the impact of U.S.-led antidrug efforts on already hard-pressed state institutions like the police and courts in countries throughout Latin America.

    Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure Jose de Cordoba 2011

  • A great night in Spain's party central could start with a transvestite dinner and floor show – just like an Almodóvar movie daaahling – at Gula Gula (gulagula.net) on Gran Via before you dance the hot night away (Madrileños rarely go out before midnight) under the frescoed baroque walls of 19th-century Palacio de Gaviria (palaciogaviria.com), now a club, on Calle Arenal.

    Alternative hen, stag and honeymoon destinations 2011

  • This was just one reason the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy — chaired by three distinguished former presidents, Fernando He nrique Cardoso of Brazil, C é sar Gaviria of Colombia and Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico — included marijuana decriminalization among their recommendations for reforming drug policies in the Americas.

    Why I Support Legal Marijuana George Soros 2010

  • "Town halls subsidised many bullfights," says rancher Salvador Gaviria.

    Spanish boom town that went bust 2011

  • "Our minimum goal is to get the U.S. to discuss the problem in all its magnitude and not to lock itself up in a policy that has failed," said Mr. Gaviria.

    Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure Jose de Cordoba 2011

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