Aid To Colombia

Author : John Lindsay-Poland
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478002611

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Plan Colombia by John Lindsay-Poland Pdf

For more than fifty years, the United States supported the Colombian military in a war that cost over 200,000 lives. During a single period of heightened U.S. assistance known as Plan Colombia, the Colombian military killed more than 5,000 civilians. In Plan Colombia John Lindsay-Poland narrates a 2005 massacre in the San José de Apartadó Peace Community and the subsequent investigation, official cover-up, and response from the international community. He examines how the multibillion-dollar U.S. military aid and official indifference contributed to the Colombian military's atrocities. Drawing on his human rights activism and interviews with military officers, community members, and human rights defenders, Lindsay-Poland describes grassroots initiatives in Colombia and the United States that resisted militarized policy and created alternatives to war. Although they had few resources, these initiatives offered models for constructing just and peaceful relationships between the United States and other nations. Yet, despite the civilian death toll and documented atrocities, Washington, DC, considered Plan Colombia's counterinsurgency campaign to be so successful that it became the dominant blueprint for U.S. military intervention around the world.

Author : United States. Department of State. Office of Public Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Colombia
ISBN : LCCN:63065440

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Fact Sheet by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Services Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations,Joseph R. Biden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754071812790

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Aid to "Plan Colombia" by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations,Joseph R. Biden Pdf

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438452999

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The Losing War by Jonathan D. Rosen Pdf

Critical analysis of Plan Colombia, a multibillion dollar US counternarcotics initiative.

Author : Winifred Tate
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804792011

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Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats by Winifred Tate Pdf

In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.

Author : Virginia M. Bouvier
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422319644

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Civil Society Under Siege in Colombia by Virginia M. Bouvier Pdf

This report is based on material gathered during & after a visit to Columbia in Feb. 2003, to evaluate the effects of the internal armed conflict on Colombia civil society. As foreign aid, drug money, & corruption bolster the armed forces, guerrillas, & para-militaries, the armed conflict in Colombia continues to intensify in scope & brutality. Despite the stalling of the national peace process, a vibrant civil society is engaged in a search for peace. Churches, NGOs, & local & regional authorities are designing & implementing programs that offer alternatives to violence. These local & regional peace initiatives are laying the groundwork for confidence-building measures that could lead to broader initiatives for peace at the national level.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062939405

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Getting U.S. Aid to Colombia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Pdf

Author : Winifred Tate
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804795678

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Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats by Winifred Tate Pdf

In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known. Winifred Tate explores the rhetoric and practice of foreign policy by the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, Congress, and the U.S. military Southern Command. Tate's ethnography uncovers how policymakers' utopian visions and emotional entanglements play a profound role in their efforts to orchestrate and impose social transformation abroad. She argues that U.S. officials' zero tolerance for illegal drugs provided the ideological architecture for the subsequent militarization of domestic drug policy abroad. The U.S. also ignored Colombian state complicity with paramilitary brutality, presenting them as evidence of an absent state and the authentic expression of a frustrated middle class. For rural residents of Colombia living under paramilitary dominion, these denials circulated as a form of state terror. Tate's analysis examines how oppositional activists and the policy's targets—civilians and local state officials in southern Colombia—attempted to shape aid design and delivery, revealing the process and effects of human rights policymaking.

Author : Bob Graham
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015049535142

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Toward Greater Peace and Security in Colombia by Bob Graham Pdf

This report proposes where U.S. policy toward Colombia is misguided, and explains how security assistance aimed at reducing drug production and trafficking is only one piece of a broader effort needed to extend legitimate authority in the country.

Author : Gabriel Marcella
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Colombia
ISBN : UCSD:31822029738713

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Plan Colombia by Gabriel Marcella Pdf

Author : Joseph A. Benkert
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781437911909

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Plan Colombia by Joseph A. Benkert Pdf

In Sept. 1999, the gov¿t. of Colombia announced a strategy, known as "Plan Colombia," to (1) reduce the production of illicit drugs (primarily cocaine) by 50% in 6 years; and (2) improve security in Colombia by re-claiming control of areas held by illegal armed groups. Since FY 2000, the U.S. has provided over $6 billion to support Plan Colombia. This report examined: (1) the progress made toward Plan Colombia's drug reduction and enhanced security objectives; (2) the results of U.S. aid for the military and police; (3) the results of U.S. aid for non-military programs; and (4) the status of efforts to "nationalize" or transfer operations and funding responsibilities for U.S.-supported programs to Colombia. Charts and tables.

Author : Peter DeShazo,Phillip McLean
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780892065899

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Countering Threats to Security and Stability in a Failing State by Peter DeShazo,Phillip McLean Pdf

This report from the CSIS Americas Program examines developments in Colombia to assess the lessons to be learned from that country's impressive recovery. The report analyzes why Colombia was on the road to possible state failure, how the process was reversed, and what will be needed to sustain progress. It also considers the role of U.S. assistance to Colombia since approval of the "Plan Colombia" special supplemental in 2000. The report highlights practical lessons from Colombia as a case study in countering challenges to security and stability in a weakened state. It will serve as an important point of reference for policymakers on Colombia-specific issues - as well as for those addressing challenges such as an inadequate state presence, large ungoverned spaces, weak rule of law, insurgencies, and a large-scale narcotics economy in other parts of the developing world.

Author : Jess T. Ford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126831457

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Drug Control by Jess T. Ford Pdf

Author : Oliver Villar,Drew Cottle
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583673072

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Cocaine, Death Squads, and the War on Terror by Oliver Villar,Drew Cottle Pdf

Since the late 1990s, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilize Colombian society. This book asks an obvious question: are the official reasons given for the wars on drugs and terror in Colombia plausible, or are there other, deeper factors at work? Scholars Villar and Cottle suggest that the answers lie in a close examination of the cocaine trade, particularly its class dimensions. Their analysis reveals that this trade has fueled extensive economic growth and led to the development of a "narco-state" under the control of a "narco-bourgeoisie" which is not interested in eradicating cocaine but in gaining a monopoly over its production. The principal target of this effort is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who challenge that monopoly as well as the very existence of the Colombian state. Meanwhile, U.S. business interests likewise gain from the cocaine trade and seek to maintain a dominant, imperialist relationship with their most important client state in Latin America. Suffering the brutal consequences, as always, are the peasants and workers of Colombia. This revelatory book punctures the official propaganda and shows the class war underpinning the politics of the Colombian cocaine trade.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754077960353

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Aid to Colombia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Pdf