Did Effort To Stop Drug Payoffs To Military Trigger Guinea-Bissau Coup? -- McClatchy NewsBISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — One day after the military in this tiny West African nation shelled a presidential candidate's home and sealed this capital city from outsiders, it was still unclear Friday who, exactly, was in charge.
The military announced Friday night that it had arrested Carlos Gomes Jr., a former prime minister and a leading presidential candidate, as well as interim President Raimundo Pereira. But no new successor has been proclaimed, and the reasons for the coup remained opaque.
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My Comment: More details on the impact and corruption that drugs have had on Guinea-Bissau can be read here.
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