The Plan Colombia disaster | Part 1: USAID for narcos
President Ivan Duque wants the US to maintain support for “what used to be Plan Colombia,” the counternarcotics strategy that subsidized at least three drug traffickers. In an attempt to…
President Ivan Duque wants the US to maintain support for “what used to be Plan Colombia,” the counternarcotics strategy that subsidized at least three drug traffickers. In an attempt to…
The governments of Colombia and the United States want to resume aerial fumigation and continue the forced eradication of coca that cost $20 billion between 2005 and 2014 without any…
President Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of State has refused to pledge support for Colombia’s peace process, saying he first needs to “review the details” before he could “determine the extent”…
No candidate in the US presidential election race is planning to change much about US foreign policy in regards to Colombia. All are likely to continue the line of current President…
United States President Barack Obama proposed a major increase in aid for Colombia that is expected to begin a peace process with leftist FARC rebels within months. Here are the numbers.
US President Barack Obama presented his 2017 budget proposal, including an annual aid package for Colombia’s pending peace process, to the Republican-dominated US Congress on Tuesday.
US President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that the 15-year-old “Plan Colombia” will become “Peace Colombia.” According to the White House, the change is not just in the name, but…
The United States will drastically ramp up its contributions to Colombia from $300 million to $450 million annually to support a peace process that seeks to end more than half a decade…
The United States is already supporting post-conflict programs ahead of a peace deal between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels, the US ambassador to Bogotá said Thursday.