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US, Bolivia Sign $20M Anti-Crime Security Deal

US, Bolivia Sign $20M Anti-Crime Security Deal

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The US-Bolivia anti-drug deal marks a genuine turning point after nearly two decades of frozen relations. Bolivia's return to security cooperation with Washington — bringing $20 million in training, equipment and support — signals a government serious about dismantling trafficking networks and prosecuting money laundering. This realignment also builds the diplomatic trust that foreign investment in Bolivia's massive lithium reserves depends on.

Signing a $20 million anti-drug deal while 108 tons of high-purity cocaine slipped out of Bolivia in wood shipments exposes the deal as theater. Bolivia's own vice president questioned whether the DEA's return has done anything but coincide with some of the country's largest drug scandals. Welcoming Washington's security apparatus hasn't stopped drug trafficking — it's just given a struggling government political cover.

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