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Socialist Worker Online
September 20, 2017
This marked a change from the U.S.-backed Plan Colombia, which criminalized and systematically violated the human rights of coca producers,ÃÂ ...
Progressive.org
September 18, 2017
Aerial fumigation had once been a central component of Plan Colombia, the multi-billion dollar U.S. assistance program to help the ColombianÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
September 15, 2017
Indeed, the United States has been a crucial partner in that fight, especially since President Bill Clinton started the controversial Plan ColombiaÃÂ ...
CSS Resources (blog)
September 1, 2017
... ingredient of cocaine – through aerial spraying of glyphosate was a key element of Plan Colombia, the comprehensive bilateral United StatesÃÂ ...
The American Conservative
December 31, 1999
During a hearing last Tuesday, the Co-Chairman of the Senate Drug Caucus, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), threatened to cut off Plan Colombia'sÃÂ ...
Colombia Reports
March 16, 2017
Transit workers blocked main roads and bus terminals south of Colombia's capital Bogota on Thursday, affecting thousands of daily commuters between the capital and the neighboring city of Soacha.
China Post
March 15, 2017
When the U.S.-backed anti-narcotics initiative Plan Colombia began in 1999, Colombia had 123,000 hectares of coca - about one-third less than it did last year.
Colombia Reports
March 15, 2017
The United States' soon-to-be-released official 2016 report on coca cultivation in Colombia reveals that cultivation of the illicit crop in Colombia has gone up 38% since the start of the $10 billion counter-narcotics strategy "Plan Colombia" in 2000 ...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 14, 2017
When the U.S.-backed anti-narcotics initiative Plan Colombia began in 1999, Colombia had 123,000 hectares of coca - about one-third less than it did last year.
Colombia Reports
March 13, 2017
Medellin's mayor is inventing an alleged assassination plot against him as an excuse for his failure to effectively curb violent crime, according to local crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado.
Los Angeles Times
March 13, 2017
Colombia was counting on financial help from the United States, which has given the country more than $10 billion in mainly military and anti-drug aid since 2000 under the so-called Plan Colombia. The aid is largely credited with saving Colombia from ...
Colombia Reports
March 9, 2017
In an interview with German newspaper "Die Zeit," the Catholic Church's top clergy said that "the countries I plan to visit are India, Bangladesh, and Colombia, one day in Fatima (Portugal), and as far as I know, a study trip to Egypt is also planned.
teleSUR English
March 9, 2017
In Feb. 2016, Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the new Plan Colombia package, rebranded as "Peace Colombia," with Obama promising US$450 million, but its funding still needs approval from the U.S.
Naples Daily News
March 5, 2017
"Because if you cut back on Plan Colombia, if you cut back on the Alliance for Prosperity (to help Central America), you're going to see an increase in migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and potentially Colombia as (those) countries begin ...
The Spokesman-Review
March 4, 2017
Since 2000, the United States has sent Bogota more than $10 billion in counternarcotics and security assistance through "Plan Colombia." That congressional funding is widely credited with helping tip Colombia's 52-year civil conflict in the government ...
Stars and Stripes
March 4, 2017
This is hard-wired into our values, complements hard power, and occasionally succeeds (for example, Plan Colombia and tackling diseases in Africa).
Pensacola News Journal
March 4, 2017
"Because if you cut back on Plan Colombia, if you cut back on the Alliance for Prosperity (to help Central America), you're going to see an increase in migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and potentially Colombia as (those) countries begin ...
The Denver Post
March 3, 2017
This is hard-wired into our values, complements hard power, and occasionally succeeds (for example, Plan Colombia and tackling diseases in Africa).
TCPalm
March 3, 2017
"Because if you cut back on Plan Colombia, if you cut back on the Alliance for Prosperity (to help Central America), you're going to see an increase in migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and potentially Colombia as (those) countries begin ...
The City Paper Bogota
March 3, 2017
Tillerson has also called "Plan Colombia," a multi-billion-dollar U.S. counternarcotics military aid program, a "foreign policy success.
RealClearWorld
February 21, 2017
Moreover, regional criminal organizations such as Colombia's FARC are sure to exploit the power vacuum. The situation would undermine the United States' largest foreign aid investment, "Plan Colombia," valued at more than $10 billion and many U.S. lives.
Center for Research on Globalization
February 19, 2017
The Plan Colombia which started in 2000 and has since cost about US$ 20 billion, was officially designed precisely to fight the drug mafia's coca plantations and drug cartels.
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 19, 2017
The partnership began with Plan Colombia, a costly military campaign to defeat the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The battlefield wins slashed the FARC's ranks and pushed the remnant insurgents back to the jungles, setting up peace talks inÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 18, 2017
In February 2016, Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the new "Plan Colombia" package rebranded as "Peace Colombia," but its funding still needs approval from U.S.
The Hill (blog)
February 16, 2017
OPINION | An alliance once narrowly focused on combatting security challenges has matured and expanded to issues critical to the future of both nations andÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 14, 2017
Despite the 1991 act as well as increased U.S. military funding through Plan Colombia, coca cultivation from 1991 and 1992 actually increased by around 10 percent and potential coca leaf output increased by 13 percent, according to a 1993 report by theÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online
February 13, 2017
Plan Colombia, which began under President Bill Clinton and expanded under President Bush, provided U.S. arms and advisers to fight the FARC, a group officially designated by Democratic and Republican administrations alike as both a terroristÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
February 12, 2017
For that process, Obama promised financing through Paz-Colombia, a strategy that would replace the controversial Plan Colombia, which was created to handle drug trafficking and boost the fight against insurgents. Both, Santos and FARC-EP leaders,ÃÂ ...
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)
February 12, 2017
Kelly pointed to Plan Colombia, the U.S.-Colombian anti-drug cooperation program that began in the late 1990s, and included a strong U.S.
Prensa Latina
February 12, 2017
... for the peace efforts on successive occasions and particularly for the post-conflict period with the FARC-EP for which he promised financing through the Paz-Colombia project, a strategy that would replace the questioned Plan Colombia, implemented ...
smallwarsjournal
February 10, 2017
In 1999, Plan Colombia was largely developed because insurgent groups and narco-terrorist organizations were threatening the stability Colombia.
The Ecologist
February 10, 2017
On 22 January, the new U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, cast doubt on the continuation of Plan Colombia, stating that he would "review" both that agreement and "seek to review the details of Colombia's recent peace agreement, and determine theÃÂ ...
smallwarsjournal
February 7, 2017
This was not just a make-over in military abilities aided by Plan Colombia and the infusion of U.S.-made helicopters. This was a purposeful program to professionalize the Colombian military.
Q Costa Rica News
February 5, 2017
TODAY COLOMBIA (Telesur) Saturday (February 4) marks the 16th anniversary of Plan Colombia, a multi-billion dollar U.S. counternarcotics and counterinsurgency military aid package given to Colombia under President Bill Clinton.
Law Street Media (blog)
February 2, 2017
However, when asked about the peace deal during his confirmation process, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed his support for the long-standing militaristic policy known as Plan Colombia. He went on to say he "would review the details of ...
Stars and Stripes
February 1, 2017
As president, Barack Obama proposed a 40 percent increase in 2017 U.S. assistance, to $450 million, relaunching Plan Colombia as "Peace Colombia," with funds for the removal of land mines, crop substitution in coca-growing zones and economicÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 1, 2017
... newspaper La Patria and famous for his investigations into corruption, especially the connections between Colombian politicians, narcotraffickers, and right-wing paramilitaries, many of whom were funded as part of the U.S.
The Journal
January 30, 2017
As president, Barack Obama proposed a 40 percent increase in 2017 U.S. assistance, to $450 million, relaunching Plan Colombia as "Peace Colombia," with funds for the removal of land mines, crop substitution in coca-growing zones and economicÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 27, 2017
Colombia has announced a plan to eradicate vast crops of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine. The Farc rebel group relied on cocaine production to fund its insurgency, and controlled much of the industry.
teleSUR English
January 24, 2017
Across Colombia, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to move to verification zones and return to civilian life.
teleSUR English
January 23, 2017
In Tillerson's opinion, the U.S. interests were better served during the military collaboration of Plan Colombia rather than when Colombia strived toward peace after decades of armed conflict.
Geopoliticalmonitor.com
January 22, 2017
American and Colombian economic and military alliance finds its roots in the establishment of Plan Colombia in 1990. Former President Bill Clinton later approved a massive military and economic aid initiative to fund Colombia's struggle against drug ...
Colombia Reports
January 22, 2017
"I agree that Plan Colombia has made a dramatic difference and can be considered a foreign policy success for both the United States and for Colombia.
WHBL Sheboygan
January 20, 2017
For example, Guardino said that when Colombia stopped extraditing drug traffickers to the United States in the late 1980s, the U.S.
Daily Pioneer
January 20, 2017
But things started changing when the American Government kick started "Plan Colombia" in 2000 to directly intervene in Colombia's civil war.
AS/COA Online
January 19, 2017
In written responses provided to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before his confirmation hearing, Tillerson recognized Colombia as "one of our closest allies in the hemisphere.
Jacobin magazine
January 13, 2017
Under Clinton and Bush, billions of dollars of military aid went to Plan Colombia, supporting vast military offensives and contributing to thousands of civilian deaths and the displacement of millions while having no significant impact on cocaine ...
teleSUR English
January 11, 2017
Plan Colombia Has Been a Nightmare for Women. Colombia's Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez sparked a national controversy in September by urging the government to resume aerial fumigation of coca crops, arguing that the reemergence ofÃÂ ...
Q Costa Rica News
January 11, 2017
The FARC are the biggest exporter of cocaine in the world. The routes remain open and production is on the increase again (at a similar level to pre-Plan Colombia). Criminal gangs are prepared for the agreement, they have already reacted and alliances ...
The Market Oracle
January 10, 2017
He enforced puppet rule in Haiti, continued Plan Colombia aid, responsible for massacres, disappearances and torture of regime opponents, along with instituting increasingly anti-Sino/Russia policies, risking confrontation with both countries ...
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