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Article: COLOMBIA: ANTI-DRUG PLAN IMPRESSES NO ONE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- November 17, 2003
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Constanza Vieira
Inter Press Service English News Wire
11-17-2003
BOGOTA, Nov. 14 (IPS/GIN) -- Doubts about Plan Colombia are
being raised in light of its failure to reduce illegal drug crops
and thus deal a blow to what is considered the main source of
financing for paramilitary and guerrilla groups.
The multi-billion dollar strategy of U.S. military intervention
and financing aimed at eliminating drug crops, which was launched
four years ago by then-president Andrs Pastrana (1998-2002), was
originally drafted in English at the White House.
The aim was to reduce the inflow of drugs into the United
States, the world's biggest market for narcotics, while
strengthening Colombia's armed forces in ...