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. Manual eradication of coca cultivation has proven to be considerably more cost effec tive than aerial spraying with pesticides, and it has fewer harmful side effects. The official objectives of plan colombia were to end the colombian armed conflict by increasing. President bill clinton, and signed into law by the united states in 2000. Full text of plan colombia the strategic and operational imperatives 2001 see other formats plan colombia.
Because plan colombia is a sixyear plan, due to expire at the end of 2005. 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. Create pdf files without this message by purchasing novapdf. Section two sets out the basic outlines of plan colombia and charts the. The unintended consequences of counterinsurgency policies us cooperation with the colombian government 19962006.
Plan colombia and followon programs ultimately became a 17year u. The andean counterdrug initiative aci is the primary u. Plan colombia and the revolution in military affairs. Entradas sobre plan colombia escritas por colombiadrogas. 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. Plan colombia was a united states foreign aid, military aid, and diplomatic initiative aimed at. However, in a second and definitive version, the goals of. Reality of the colombian crisis and implications for. 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. Neither plan colombia, nor peace process from good intentions to high frustrations europe and colombia introduction in the eve of the presidential elections of may 26, 2002, only months after the end of the negotiations between the colombian government and the guerrillas, the massacre of more. 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. 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. 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.