{
  "id": 7994177,
  "title": "US removes Venezuela and Bolivia from list of countries failing on drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-removes-venezuela-and-bolivia-from-list-of-countries-failing-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/17/us-removes-venezuela-and-bolivia-from-list-of-countries-failing-on-drugs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United States government removed Venezuela and Bolivia from the category of countries that Washington says have failed to demonstrably combat international drug trafficking, while keeping Colombia, Afghanistan and Myanmar on that list. The determination, sent to Congress on Tuesday and released by the State Department on Wednesday, is part of the annual assessment of the 23 countries deemed…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}