Full text of plan colombia the strategic and operational imperatives 2001 see other formats plan colombia. Plan colombia was a victory for both colombia and the united states. The government of colombia developed plan colombia as an integrated strategy to meet the most pressing challenges confronting colombia today promoting the peace process, combating the narcotics industry, reviving the colombian economy, and strengthening the democratic pillars of colombian society. While no two insurgencies will ever be the same, the lessons of the history of plan colombia offer new ideas to complex and adaptive problems found in many contemporary insurgencies. Plan colombia s counternarcotics strategy centered on illicit crop eradication and interdiction activities and alternative development projects designed to offer farmers an alternative to growing coca and opium poppy. Plan colombia was designed as an international aid package for peaceseeking and the achievement of a new model of local public administration, within a framework of multilateral collaboration. A development success story colombia is one of the strongest examples of the transformative effect of american engagement. President bill clinton, and signed into law by the united states in 2000. Center for 21st century security and intelligence latin america initiative 3 plan colombia.
However, in a second and definitive version, the goals of. Full text of plan colombia the strategic and operational. Although plan colombias strategy has achieved important advances, its still not time to declare mission accomplished. Mar 14, 2001 the government of colombia developed plan colombia as an integrated strategy to meet the most pressing challenges confronting colombia today promoting the peace process, combating the narcotics industry, reviving the colombian economy, and strengthening the democratic pillars of colombian society. Plan colombia sought to reclaim control of territory dominated by the revolutionary armed forces of colombia known by its. Plan colombia was a united states foreign aid, military aid, and diplomatic initiative aimed at combating colombian drug cartels and leftwing insurgent groups in colombia. Plan colombias counternarcotics strategy centered on illicit crop eradication and interdiction activities and alternative development projects designed to offer farmers an alternative to growing coca and opium poppy.
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