Munk Dialogue with Toby Muse

January 18, 2023
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Munk Dialogue with Toby Muse

The golden age of cocaine.

One might assume, based on the film depictions of famous drug lords like Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, that the heyday of cocaine and its production in Latin America was during the 1980’s and 1990’s. According to journalist and author Toby Muse, those assumptions are dead wrong. South America, he argues, is producing more cocaine than ever before, reaching corners of the earth previously untouched by the deadly drug.

Toby joins us for a fascinating discussion about how this dangerous and illegal industry transforms entire towns and surrenders them to criminal organizations on a scale that is unprecedented.

“Cocaine is like a virus. It gets into the bloodstream of a town and acts as a vortex that sucks everyone into it”

-TOBY MUSE

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