California marijuana farming grows profitable and violent
California's marijuana trade, sprawling from hidden northern hills to urban patios, nets over a billion dollars annually and fuels rising violence. Authorities report raids, killings, and gunfights as grower networks thrive, with California sinsemilla selling up to 200 dollars an ounce and enforcement hampered by elusive fields and weak prosecutions.
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Los Angeles
California
George Deukmejian
Humboldt
Mendocino
Central American Common Market Endures Amid Instability
The 20 year old Central American Common Market keeps operating as turmoil in El Salvador and Nicaragua affects growth. Trade reaches about $1 billion annually among Guatemala Honduras Costa Rica and the five members with talks of expansion to include money labor and people alike. Raul Sierra Franco says economic cooperation is essential for regional development and expansion into social fields is supported by ministers though political risk remains. Nicaragua’s revolutionary government is seen as stable enough to continue trade thanks to Nicaragua’s raw material exports. Some economists doubt expansion feasibility due to regional tensions and violence that could spill over to Guatemala.
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el Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
Central America
Raul Sierra Franco
Anastasio Somoza
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Ted Kogan
Bernie DePaoli
Willie Brown Jr
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Wecpenney
Jcpenney
Westdale Mail
Whitewall
JC Penney
Sale
MacPherson
Jcpenney Auto Center
Westdale Mall
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