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leveymg

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2. Can someone please explain what Plan Colombia was(is), and why?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 04:42 PM

Jul 2013

It seems the US has committed more military, law enforcement, and intelligence resources, openly and covertly, in Colombia than any other Latin American country. The question is, why Colombia? Is there some ancient, half-forgotten foreign policy or corporate tie to the place that started this that never really went away, or is it something as the story suggests rooted in the Cold War, with Colombia as the lynch-pin of the US anti-communist strategy for the region?

Where did the Bush Administration's Plan Colombia come from, what was Henry Kissinger's role, and why is there a question about whether it's still in place.

Thanks for some guidance.

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Enough! Accounting and Remembering the Long War in Colombia [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2013 OP

More, from the same article: Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #1

Can someone please explain what Plan Colombia was(is), and why? leveymg Jul 2013 #2

It was initiated by Bill Clinton. I haven't learned anything re: Kissinger, Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #3

Here's an interesting article about US corporate holdings in Colombia. leveymg Jul 2013 #6

the prediction of increased violence has proved false Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #8

Just scanned your article, will read it upon return, late this P.M. Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #11

started by Pres. Pastrana of Colombia and Clinton Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #4

Does Colombia act as a regional proxy for U.S. policy vis-a-vis Venezuela, others? leveymg Jul 2013 #5

for Venezuela it can. They typically blame Colombia and the US Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #7

Do you think the US has a double-standard re: human rights standards applied to the two countries? leveymg Jul 2013 #9

of course, I think the US has one standard for allies and one for those countries that are not Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #10

Relatively speaking, which do you think is the worse human-rights abuser: Colombia or Venez? leveymg Jul 2013 #12

do you mean where more human rights abuses occur, or do you mean by which government? Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #13

Given what you just said, why do you post (almost) exclusively about abuses in Venez? leveymg Jul 2013 #14

I just like to rub it in their faces. I never try to hide the abuses and problems in Colombia Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #15

Thank you for your candor. leveymg Jul 2013 #16

Indeed, the whole point is to be level. joshcryer Jul 2013 #17