In Colombia, drug cultivation and trafficking combine with a complex guerilla war to endanger internal security and the legitimacy of the government. This creates a geonarcotics problem that adversely impacts regional stability and exacerbates the drug problem in the US and Europe. Past efforts to address the problems had failed. Plan Colombia, a joint initiative of the Colombian and the US governments, was developed in 1999 in response to a deteriorating situation. Support for Plan Colombia is a high priority of US foreign policy. Plan Colombia was the foundation for broad range of...
In Colombia, drug cultivation and trafficking combine with a complex guerilla war to endanger internal security and the legitimacy of the governmen...