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Weekly Report - 18 May 2017 (WR-17-19)

PANAMA: Tensions with Colombia over security

“Unjust and inexact”. This is how Colombia’s foreign ministry responded to remarks made last week by Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela who suggested that the Colombian peace process had had a negative impact on neighbouring countries in terms of driving up narco-trafficking. Varela’s comments followed reports that four suspected Colombian narcotraffickers had been killed in a clash earlier this month on Panamanian soil. Varela has since sought to downplay his remarks, insisting they were misunderstood. But this is not the first time that he has blamed Panama’s security problems on an increase in drug production on the other side of the border, pointing to a growing source of bilateral tensions.

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