The peaceful Machiguenga people, indigenous to Peru, are cannon fodder for the Maoist 'Shining Path' narcoterrorists operating in Peru's jungles.

"We must not lose the heart, but unite heart and reason,...only in this way is the human being complete."

Ecuador promises to bow out of the April meeting of the heads of states belonging to the Organization of American States is Cuba is not included.

A wave of narcotics-inspired violence, accompanied by corruption, is assailing the poverty-stricken country.

Why don't more American drug lords get arrested?

Just like Mexico, Guatemala straddles the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and affords its a significant role in transferring narcotics from South America.

Even while some Mexican officials are asking forgiveness for the ballooning cases of murder, there appears to be impunity for the killing of women as the narcotics cross-fire continues.