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Peru's President rejects idea of 'co-operation' with U.S. on drugs, wants 'co-responsibility' instead
By Elizabeth Llorente
Published October 03, 2014
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Latino at the Manhattan residence of the country's ambassador to the United Nations during that organization's recent ministerial meetings.
An elegant man with two more years to go in office, Humala, 52, said that improving education in his homeland is his “obsession.”
“In Peru we had cared to create an economic policy, but the social side was lacking,” Humala said. “In the history of Peru, we invested a lot on mineral trades, but we didn’t achieve our dreams.”
Nevertheless, Humala is proud of his administration's accomplishments in fighting the drug trade.
Peru has broadened its academic scholarship program, awarding tens of thousands for study in the country as well as study abroad.
“Today Peru is not the top cocaine producer in the world,” he said, “that is one of the main achievements of my administration.”
“We’ve taken tough steps, we have more routes that are policed,” Humala said. “Everyone [passing through the routes] has to have documentation of chemicals [they’re carrying] and information about where they’re going.”
Nevertheless, Humala, who addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly while in New York City, said that the responsibility to fight the drug trade doesn't just fall on one nation.
“The problems cannot be solved solely by the cocaine-producing nations if you don’t also work on the demand.”
The president said he has voiced his concern to the U.S. government and the European Union about the need to combat drug production from their end, where there is a huge demand.
“We have to talk about co-responsibility, and those responsibilities have to be assumed in terms of equipment, funding and development projects” to fight the drug enterprise, Humala said.
Humala, who was an army officer, campaigned for the presidency on a promise to improve the quality of life for the poor in Peru, whose economy has been strong in recent years. After assuming office, he at first seemed to support the policies of the late socialist Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, but he has moved toward the center in recent years.
“People always ask ‘Are you on the left or the right?’” Humala said about his ideology. “I say ‘Don’t put me on the left or the right, put me at the bottom, I’m with the people who are at the bottom.’”
Continued with video http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/po...-idea-co-operation-with-us-on-drugs-wants-co/
By Elizabeth Llorente
Published October 03, 2014
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Latino at the Manhattan residence of the country's ambassador to the United Nations during that organization's recent ministerial meetings.
An elegant man with two more years to go in office, Humala, 52, said that improving education in his homeland is his “obsession.”
“In Peru we had cared to create an economic policy, but the social side was lacking,” Humala said. “In the history of Peru, we invested a lot on mineral trades, but we didn’t achieve our dreams.”
Nevertheless, Humala is proud of his administration's accomplishments in fighting the drug trade.
Peru has broadened its academic scholarship program, awarding tens of thousands for study in the country as well as study abroad.
“Today Peru is not the top cocaine producer in the world,” he said, “that is one of the main achievements of my administration.”
“We’ve taken tough steps, we have more routes that are policed,” Humala said. “Everyone [passing through the routes] has to have documentation of chemicals [they’re carrying] and information about where they’re going.”
Nevertheless, Humala, who addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly while in New York City, said that the responsibility to fight the drug trade doesn't just fall on one nation.
“The problems cannot be solved solely by the cocaine-producing nations if you don’t also work on the demand.”
The president said he has voiced his concern to the U.S. government and the European Union about the need to combat drug production from their end, where there is a huge demand.
“We have to talk about co-responsibility, and those responsibilities have to be assumed in terms of equipment, funding and development projects” to fight the drug enterprise, Humala said.
Humala, who was an army officer, campaigned for the presidency on a promise to improve the quality of life for the poor in Peru, whose economy has been strong in recent years. After assuming office, he at first seemed to support the policies of the late socialist Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, but he has moved toward the center in recent years.
“People always ask ‘Are you on the left or the right?’” Humala said about his ideology. “I say ‘Don’t put me on the left or the right, put me at the bottom, I’m with the people who are at the bottom.’”
Continued with video http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/po...-idea-co-operation-with-us-on-drugs-wants-co/
