| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Latin American Political, Economic, and Security Issues |
|
Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
|
| Contents |
COLOMBIA:U. S. RELATIONS AND ISSUES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; COUNTRY PROFILE: COLOMBIA; COUNTRY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; GEOGRAPHY; SOCIETY; ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS; GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; COLOMBIA: A NEW ETHANOL PRODUCER ON THE RISE?; ABSTRACT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; COLOMBIA'S SUGAR-ETHANOL INDUSTRY; HIGHLY EFFICIENT SUGARCANE INDUSTRY; ETHANOL CAPACITY AND POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COLOMBIA'S SUGARCANE AND ETHANOL INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRY'S ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND PLANS TO EXPAND CANE PRODUCTION |
|
U.S.-COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; End Notes; COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES -- THE PARTNERSHIP: BUT WHAT IS THE ENDGAME?; SUMMARY; Milestones in the Partnership; Culture Matters; Changing Perceptions in the Partnership; Strengthening the Partnership-Plan Colombia; The Uribe Administration; Plan Colombia-Results at the End of 2005; Plan Colombia-The Sequel; Reports to Congress on Plan Colombia and on What Assistance Will Follow; Lessons Learned from Plan Colombia; A Stronger Regional Approach Is Needed |
|
It Is Time to Change the Mix of Counterdrug Measures in ColombiaA Double Standard for Democracy in Colombia; End Notes; PLAN COLOMBIA: DRUG REDUCTION GOALS WERE NOT FULLY MET, BUT SECURITY HAS IMPROVED; U.S. AGENCIES NEED MORE DETAILED PLANS FOR REDUCING ASSISTANCE; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; Plan Colombia Provided a Focus for Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Efforts; Security Component of Plan Colombia Expanded; U.S. Funding for Plan Colombia; U.S. Nationalization Efforts |
|
PLAN COLOMBIA DID NOT FULLY MEET ITS DRUG REDUCTION GOALS, BUT MAJOR SECURITY ADVANCES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVEDDrug Reduction Goal Was Not Fully Achieved; Poppy Cultivation and Heroin Production Reduced by About 50 Percent Since 2000; Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Production Reduction Goals Were Not Met; Plan Colombia Achieved Important Security Advances; Colombian Government Controls More of the Country; Illegal Armed Group Finances and Operating Capabilities Have Been Degraded; FARC's Capabilities and Finances Have Been Significantly Reduced, but It Remains a National Security Threat |
|
AUC Has Demobilized, but Remnants Remain a ThreatELN Has Been Weakened and Drug-Trafficking Organizations Have Been Fragmented; U.S. ASSISTANCE PROMOTES COLOMBIAN MILITARY AND POLICE COUNTERNARCOTICS AND SECURITY OBJECTIVES; Army Aviation Brigade; Army Ground Forces; Counternarcotics Brigade; Mobile Army Brigades and Special Forces Units; Infrastructure Security Strategy; Air Interdiction; Coastal and River Interdiction; National Police Eradication Program; National Police Air Service; National Police Interdiction Efforts; Reestablishing a Police Presence in Conflictive Zones |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (08/04/2020) |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
|
|
Diplomatic and consular service, American
|
|
International relations
|
| SUBJECT |
United States -- Relations -- Colombia
|
|
Colombia -- Relations -- United States
|
|
Colombia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084451
|
| Subject |
Colombia
|
|
United States
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Sorrell, Landen A., editor
|
| LC no. |
2020677658 |
| ISBN |
9781613242537 |
|
1613242530 |
|
