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Salon.com December 5, 2000 Ana Arana |
Ground zero in the Colombian drug war The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict? |
Mother Jones December 2000 Kirk Semple |
Trouble in Coca County For community workers on Colombia's cocaine frontier, the war on drugs is getting personal... |
Salon.com September 1, 2000 Arianna Huffington |
An eerie campaign silence Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face. |
Salon.com August 30, 2000 Mark Schapiro |
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia. |
Salon.com August 28, 2000 Ana Arana |
War on drugs 1, human rights 0 On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Colombia, critics say Washington cares more about its war on drugs than human rights. |
Salon.com August 28, 2000 Ana Arana |
Cleaning up for Clinton The fortress tourist town of Cartagena banned street children and demonstrations on the eve of the president's arrival. |
Salon.com July 15, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Nobody questions the colonel Why did James Hiett get just five months for covering up his wife's drug-running in Colombia, while his chauffeur got more time? Another case study in the drug war, in which white perps get off easy. |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Jeff Stein |
The unquiet death of Jennifer Odom The Pentagon says the Army pilot's crash in Colombia last July was a "mishap," but her family believes she was shot down -- the first of many soldiers likely to die in our undeclared war. |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Ana Arana |
Fighting drugs with choppers and poison Even advocates of U.S. military aid think the anti-narcotics package will only unravel the peace with Colombian guerrillas. |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
The corruption of Col. James Hiett When the commander of U.S. anti-drug efforts in Colombia got involved in drug running, Congress should have rethought its massive military aid bill -- but it didn't. |
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