The government of colombia developed plan colombia as an integrated strategy to meet the most pressing challenges confronting colombia today promoting the peace process, combating the narcotics industry, reviving the colombian economy, and strengthening the democratic pillars of colombian society. Section two sets out the basic outlines of plan colombia and charts the. The andean counterdrug initiative aci is the primary u. Plan colombia and followon programs ultimately became a 17year u. Entradas sobre plan colombia escritas por colombiadrogas.
The unintended consequences of counterinsurgency policies us cooperation with the colombian government 19962006. The official objectives of plan colombia were to end the colombian armed conflict by increasing. The document makes it possible to show that plan colombia is a privatized form of development, interpreted in terms of security based on an incomplete. In this new monograph, professor luz nagle examines the status of plan colombia within the context of.
It was a prospect of change for colombian civil society and an ambitious attempt. A progress report summary plan colombia was developed by former president pastrana 19982002 as a sixyear plan to end colombia s long armed conflict, eliminate drug trafficking, and promote economic and social development. Plan colombia was designed as an international aid package for peaceseeking and the achievement of a new model of local public administration, within a framework of multilateral collaboration. The strategic and operational imperatives gabriel marcella april 2001 theviews expressed in this report arethoseoftheauthor anddonot necessarily reflect theofficial policy or position ofthe department of the army, the department of defense, or of any agency of the u. President bill clinton, and signed into law by the united states in 2000. Create pdf files without this message by purchasing novapdf. Plan colombia was a united states foreign aid, military aid, and diplomatic initiative aimed at combating colombian drug cartels and leftwing insurgent groups in colombia. Full text of plan colombia the strategic and operational imperatives 2001 see other formats plan colombia. Reality of the colombian crisis and implications for. However, in a second and definitive version, the goals of. The central argument is that the rma as applied in colombia relies on newfangled and sometimes clever conceptions of force that have weakened the relative power of the farc, but which fail to address the root causes of insurgency in the country that centre on. Plan colombia was a united states foreign aid, military aid, and diplomatic initiative aimed at. Plan colombia and the revolution in military affairs.
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