Introduction: a war of many wars -- From coca to cocaine -- From the Golden Triangle to the Crystal Triangle -- A narco-state and a narco-economy -- The narco-cartel systems (1980-1993) -- The post-cartel system -- The United States and "Plan Colombia" -- Narco-state terror -- The consequences of relocation and regionalization -- The War on Drugs: corporatization and privatization -- Conclusion: U.S.-narco-colonialism and Colombia
Summary
Since the late 1990s, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilize Colombian society. This book asks an obvious question: are the official reasons given for the wars on drugs and terror in Colombia plausible, or are there other, deeper factors at work? Scholars Villar and Cottle suggest that the answers lie in a close examination of the cocaine trade, particularly its class dimensions. Th
