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Mary Speck

Mary Speck is the former executive director of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission.

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A Venezuelan navy patrol boat escorts Panamanian flagged crude oil tanker Yoselin near the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on November 11, 2025. (Photo by JUAN CARLOS HERNANDEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Whatever the Endgame in Venezuela, Latin America’s Drug Cartels Will Do Just Fine

Mary Speck / November 19, 2025