Plan Colombia Called Dangerous Failure. P. Mitchell Prothero.
by Prothero, P. Mitchell; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 76Health. Publisher: UPI, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Air interdiction | Airplanes -- Military | Coca | Cocaine industry -- Colombia | Drug traffic -- Colombia | Economic assistance -- American | Economic assistance -- Colombia | Fumigation | Kidnapping -- Colombia | Military assistance -- Colombia | Narcotics -- Control of | Narcotics -- Control of -- Colombia | Paramilitary forces | Spraying | United States -- Foreign relations -- Colombia | United States General Accounting OfficeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The United States says it is winning the war on terrorism, but few officials argue it is winning the war on drugs. Several government reports and experts on Capitol Hill say Plan Colombia, the U.S.-backed war on drugs in the South American nation, is failing, and some critics say the State Department is mismanaging the operation." (UPI) This article presents the dismal results of Plan Colombia, noting that "despite getting $2.5. billion in U.S. aid specifically to fight narco-traffickers, Colombia is still the world's largest producer of coca, the precursor to cocaine, and has expanded its production of opium poppy to become the largest supplier of heroin to the United States."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: Plan Colombia Called Dangerous Failure, July 8, 2003; pp. n.p..
"The United States says it is winning the war on terrorism, but few officials argue it is winning the war on drugs. Several government reports and experts on Capitol Hill say Plan Colombia, the U.S.-backed war on drugs in the South American nation, is failing, and some critics say the State Department is mismanaging the operation." (UPI) This article presents the dismal results of Plan Colombia, noting that "despite getting $2.5. billion in U.S. aid specifically to fight narco-traffickers, Colombia is still the world's largest producer of coca, the precursor to cocaine, and has expanded its production of opium poppy to become the largest supplier of heroin to the United States."
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