WASHINGTON, Sept 17, CMC – President Joe Biden has named four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries among a list of countries designated as a major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries for the fiscal year 2025.
Biden named The Bahamas, Belize, Haiti and Jamaica among the countries as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries, including countries that are a significant direct source of precursor chemicals used in the production of certain drugs and substances significantly affecting the United States.
The other cuntries named are Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Biden said he is acting under the athourity vested in him under the President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA).
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