Guinea-Bissau: World's First Narco-State

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Of his country's vulnerability to the power of drug lords, Fafali Kudawo, a local academic, says,
Marco Vernaschi / Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

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Of his country's vulnerability to the power of drug lords, Fafali Kudawo, a local academic, says, "The risk is that they will have a deep penetration of dirty money into politics, because this country is very, very fragile, and he who has money can do whatever he wants. You do not know at any given moment what will change the situation or lead the country to war or to violence."

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