LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Colombian drugs summit

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

16 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:13

Description

Nick Peters reports from Cartagena, Colombia, on the end of a drugs summit featuring the presidents of the USA, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. It was agreed to form an anti-drugs cartel in an attempt to put the cocaine barons out of business. Includes speeches by Colombian President, Virgilio Barco Vargas; US President George H.W. Bush; interview with Juan Carlos Pastrana, La Prensa newspaper.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush; Virgilio Barco Vargas; Juan Carlos Pastrana

Keywords

USA; Conferences; Illegal drugs; Presidents; Cocaine; Summits (meetings); Colombia; Peru; Bolivia

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