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History of Plan Colombia
Plan Colombia was introduced by the Pastrana Administration in Colombia in 1999. The main objectives of the plan was to; promote peace, combat the narcotics industry, improve respect for human rights, revive the Colombian economy, and to strengthen the democratic and social institutions of the country.
Colombia was able to finance $4 billion of the total cost and the US financed the extra $1.3 billion in an assistance package. The majority of the aid provided by the US was military and counter narcotics in nature which as I will dive into later is part of the problem The overall aim of the plan seemed to be very good for the country and its economy as well as its relations with other countries, however as I will explore later, this was not and is still not the case.
http://skylight.wsu.edu/s/40f8a43c-9416-426d-925b-1e2dcbdeb093.srv%27,%27_blank%27,%27height=750,width=700,left=800,top=0,status=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes%27
Colombia was able to finance $4 billion of the total cost and the US financed the extra $1.3 billion in an assistance package. The majority of the aid provided by the US was military and counter narcotics in nature which as I will dive into later is part of the problem The overall aim of the plan seemed to be very good for the country and its economy as well as its relations with other countries, however as I will explore later, this was not and is still not the case.
http://skylight.wsu.edu/s/40f8a43c-9416-426d-925b-1e2dcbdeb093.srv%27,%27_blank%27,%27height=750,width=700,left=800,top=0,status=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes%27
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