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This Is a Bust: The futility of drug interdiction.(drug industry economics will always foil war on drugs)
The drug war works, at least in Bolivia. Between 1995 and 2000, the amount of land in Bolivia with coca cultivated on it declined from almost 50,000 hectares to fewer than 20,000. In Peru, during the same period, land under cultivation for coca declined from 115,000 hectares to roughly 30,000. It was a nice winning streak for the American policy of coca eradication in the Andes, except for the minor matter of Colombia, where the coca crop doubled-keeping the level of production in the Andes approximately the same as it had been before those victories in Bolivia and Peru.
In the drug war, the victories never end, because they never last. Last year's annual report ...
- Funding for Plan Colombia still falls short.(funding by United States and...
- Magazine article from: America's Insider October 27, 2000 700+ words
...distance itself from Plan Colombia's military component...trade. That part of Plan Colombia is largely funded by...Andean nations. But Plan Colombia is also the government...In addition to the United States' $$1.3 billion...
- PLAN COLOMBIA : WRONG ISSUE, WRONG ENEMY, WRONG COUNTRY.(United States...
- Magazine article from: The Nation COOPER, MARC March 19, 2001 700+ words
...House. Commonly called Plan Colombia, its stated goal is...cocaine consumed in the United States and about 60 percent...But critics claim Plan Colombia is a blueprint for...one that embroils the United States in armed conflict with...
- U.S. experts, officials at odds over Plan Colombia.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Marx, Gary February 2, 2006 700+ words
...billion into Plan Colombia, a program that...consumed in the United States. U.S. officials...cocaine in the United States. William Wood...extradited to the United States for trial also has contributed to Plan Colombia's success...
- Plan Colombia called dangerous failure.
- News wire article from: United Press International July 8, 2003 700+ words
...COMTEX) The United States says it is winning...Capitol Hill say Plan Colombia, the U.S...assistance under Plan Colombia," the report...problems with Plan Colombia's air campaign...to 2003, the United States supplied the...
- EDITORIAL: Plan Colombia ranks as insanity.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX) May 19, 2006 700+ words
...purity of cocaine in the United States as misleading because...Associated Press that "Plan Colombia has been an important...drugs from entering the United States and we need to know...as it was before" Plan Colombia began. But don't...
- State Department fingerprints on 'Plan Colombia'.
- News wire article from: United Press International April 12, 2000 700+ words
...program, called "Plan Colombia." He and U...heroin entering the United States either comes from...Colombia and the United States. Although Colombia...from entering the United States. He called Plan Colombia "a comprehensive...
- PLAN COLOMBIA: The Hidden front in the U.S Drug War.
- Magazine article from: The Humanist FRATEPIETRO, SHARON July 1, 2001 700+ words
...Congress before passing Plan Colombia. Congress heard testimony...also lobbied for Plan Colombia. "Colombian oil...strategic importance to the United States because it reduces...The stated goal of Plan Colombia is to help the Colombian...
- In Need of a Fix: Reforming Plan Colombia. (Global Notebook).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review Dearaujo, Ernani January 1, 2002 700+ words
...Second, the United States should send more...trafficking. Plan Colombia originated as...continue. The United States must reassess...legitimacy to Plan Colombia. In addition...of aid, the United States should change...
