Melisa: Brainstorming

          I think a very interesting article to compare based on countries would be Peru's expansion of the growing of coca, the plant used to make cocaine. I believe that the way American countries are writing about Peru is in such a way that leads people to believe that the whole country is in the wrong. I also believe that the exaggeration of drug trafficking in Peru has helped alter the affect that this particular news has on people. I would like to explore more into this topic from both perspectives, maybe even three, the US's, Peru's, and a peruvian civilian's. I was worrying that social media (twitter) would not have too much to say on this topic, but I was surprised to find out the complete opposite.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24234210

InSight Crime@InSightCrime   Peru now leads the world in coca cultivation says @UNODC but drug war violence has so far stayed low ow.ly/pf1NH       05:02 PM - 29 Sep 13