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In early August, U.S. "Drug Czar" John Walters visited Colombia to assess Washington's efforts to train, equip and assist that nation's counter-narcotics efforts. "Plan Colombia," a $3.3 billion, five-year operation begun during the Clinton administration, has included fumigating coca fields, intercepting cocaine shipments at the border, and cracking down on drug traffickers.
"You are making lives better for people who you will never meet," insisted Walters in an address to Colombian counter-narcotics police. This isn't to say, however, that those supposed improvements could be measured in tangible results. "Thus far we have not seen a change of availability in ...
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