MADRID. - President Leonel Fernandez on Monday warned that the drug trafficking affecting Latin America requires a global solution because in his view no country can solve it alone, and asked the United States to reduce its demand. "No country can solve it alone, it must always be in cooperation with others, because it has cross-border character, is a crime of a transnational character.”

“The country which can cooperate most is the United States, because the demand takes place in the United States. We can control the supply, but they must control the demand, and I believe that president (Barak) Obama’s current attitude and of his administration is to recognize this and to look for an integral solution," Fernandez said, interview by EFE. “If we advanced in this direction, we can be effective, as shown for example, by the application of the Plan Colombia".

The Dominican President, whose on official visit in Spain, said that drug traffickers move from one country when they are challenged, in reference to Colombia, “and this is happening in Mexico, which reinforces the idea that the fight needs to be waged jointly.”

"Therefore it’s necessary to fight it in Mexico, to fight it in Colombia, to fight it in Guatemala, all of Central America, Haiti and Dominican Republic, so that we can overcome this threat," the chief executive said.