| Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
Periodic
reports from the independent auditing arm of the U.S. Congress.
- [Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf) format] Drug Control: Agencies Need to Plan
for Likely Declines in Drug Interdiction Assets, and Develop Better Performance
Measures for Transit Zone Operations, November 15, 2005
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Drug Control: Air Bridge Denial
Program in Colombia Has Implemented New Safeguards, but Its Effect on Drug Trafficking
Is Not Clear, September 6, 2005
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Security Assistance: Efforts
to Secure Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline Have Reduced Attacks, but
Challenges Remain, September 6, 2005
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Drug Control: Aviation Program
Safety Concerns in Colombia Are Being Addressed, but State's Planning and Budgeting
Process Can Be Improved, July 29, 2004
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Drug Control: U.S. Nomilitary
Assistance to Colombia Is Beginning to Show Inteneded Results, but Programs Are
Not Readily Sustainable, July 2, 2004
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Drug Control: Specific Performance
Measures and Long-Term Costs for U.S. Programs in Colombia Have Not Been Developed,
June 16, 2003
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] Testimony of Jess T. Ford, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office, Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, June 3, 2003
- Drug
Control: Coca Cultivation and Eradication Estimates in Colombia, January 8, 2003
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- GAO
briefing paper: Military Assistance Under Plan Colombia is Substantially Behind
Schedule, June 2002
- Drug
Control: Efforts to Develop Alternatives to Cultivating Illicit Crops in Colombia
Have Made Little Progress and Face Serious Obstacles, February 25, 2002 [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- Drug
Control: State Department Provides Required Aviation Program Oversight, but Safety
and Security Should Be Enhanced, September 14, 2001 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Foreign
Affairs: Internally Displaced Persons Lack Effective Protection, August 17, 2001
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
-
Drug Control: The Department of State's Contract Award for Its Counternarcotics
Aviation Program, February 28, 2001 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Drug
Control: International Counterdrug Sites Being Developed, December 2000 [Plain
text | Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Drug
Control: U.S. Assistance to Colombia Will Take Years to Produce Results, October
17, 2000 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- Statement
of Jess T. Ford, director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. General Accounting
Office, October 12, 2000 [Web (.html) format | Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format]
Congressional
Research Service
- Article
98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid
to Latin America, by Clare Ribando, March 22, 2007
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Article
98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid
to Latin America, by Clare Ribando, April 10, 2006
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Andean
Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding
Programs: FY2006 Assistance, by Connie Veillette,
January 27, 2006 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Andean
Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding
Programs: FY2005 Assistance, by Connie Veillette,
May 10, 2005 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Congressional
Research Service Report for Congress: Plan Colombia:
A Progress Report, by Connie Veillette, February
17, 2005 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Congressional
Research Service Report for Congress: Andean Counterdrug
Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005
Assistance, by Connie Veillette, December 9, 2004
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Congressional
Research Service Report for Congress: Colombia:
Issues for Congress, by Connie Veillette, March
1, 2004 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Congressional
Research Service Report for Congress: Andean Regional
Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003
Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors, by K. Larry
Storrs and Nina M. Serafino, January 8, 2003 [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format]
U.S.
Southern Command "Posture Statements"
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format]
Statement to the House Armed Services Committee
by General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander, U.S. Southern
Command, March 16, 2006
- [HTML
| Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format] Statement to the House Armed Services Committee
by General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander, U.S. Southern
Command, March 9, 2005
- Statement
to the House Armed Services Committee by General
James T. Hill, Commander, U.S. Southern Command,
March 24, 2004
- Statement
to the House Armed Services Committee by Gen. James
T. Hill, commander, U.S. Southern Command, March
12, 2003
- [HTML
| Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format] Statement
to the Senate Armed Services Committee by Gen. Gary
Speer, Acting Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern
Command, March 5, 2002
- Statement
to the Senate Armed Services Committee by Gen. Peter
Pace, commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern Command,
March 27, 2001
- Statement
to the House Armed Services Committee by General
Charles E. Wilhelm, commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern
Command, March 23, 2000
U.S.
Southern Command "Colombia Progress Info Sheets"
- "Colombia
Progress Info Sheet" from U.S. Southern Command, December 2004 (Adobe Acrobat
[.pdf] format)
- "Colombia
Progress Info Sheet" from U.S. Southern Command, November 4, 2004 (Adobe
Acrobat [.pdf] format)
- "Colombia
Progress Info Sheet" from U.S. Southern Command, October 2004 (Adobe Acrobat
[.pdf] format)
- "Colombia
Progress Info Sheet" from U.S. Southern Command, September 2004 (Adobe Acrobat
[.pdf] format)
- "Colombia
Progress Info Sheet" from U.S. Southern Command, July 19, 2004 (Adobe Acrobat
[.pdf] format)
State
Department Inspector-General - Audit
of INL (State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement)
Programs in Colombia, July 2000 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
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Other
government information |
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy, "Report on Progress in Colombia," November 17,
2005
- White
House Office of National Drug Control Policy, "2004
Coca and Opium Poppy Estimates for Colombia and the Andes," press release,
March 25, 2005
- U.S.
Embassy Bogota, Visita del Senador Norm Coleman, June
23, 2003
- U.S.
Embassy Bogota, Visit of Marc Grossman Under Secretary
of State for Political Affairs, August 14, 2002
- Colombia:
The Uribe Administration and Congressional Concerns, by Nina M. Serafino, Congressional
Research Service, June 14, 2002 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- DynCorp
Pilot Killed In Aerial Eradication Mission, U.S. Embassy Bogotá, March
18, 2002 [English | Español]
- U.S.
Personnel in Former "Despeje," U.S. Embassy Bogotá, February
25, 2002 [English | Spanish]
- Visit
of U.S. Congressman Gene Taylor (D-Mississippi), U.S. Embassy Bogotá, February
19, 2002 [English | Spanish]
- Asistencia
para desplazados, U.S. Embassy Bogotá, February 11, 2002 [Spanish]
- Excerpt
from President Bush's budget message, February 4, 2002
- Final
Report: A Study of the Health Complaints Related to Aerial Eradication in Colombia,
Department of Nariño, Municipality of El Tablón de Gómez,
September 2001 [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- [Español]
Análisis al “Informe Final; Estudio de las Denuncias de Daños a la Salud Relacionadas
con la Erradicación Aérea en Colombia," por Doctora Maria Elena Arroyave, Defensoria
del Pueblo de Colombia, May 2002
- Communiqué
on Secretary of State Colin Powell's trip to Colombia, U.S. Embassy Bogotá, August
27, 2001 [English | Spanish]
- Communiqué
on Visit of Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S.
Embassy Bogotá, August 27, 2001 [English | Spanish]
- Statement
on "U.S. Policy Support to the Government of Colombia," U.S. Embassy Bogotá, August
24, 2001 [English | Spanish]
- Donation
for Alternative Development Program in Putumayo, U.S. Embassy Bogotá, July 23,
2001 [Spanish]
- Excerpt
from DynCorp-State Department contract, posted to CorpWatch.com website May 23,
2001
- [Español]
Acuerdo de desembolso de recursos para programa de proteccion de derechos humanos,
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Colombia, 7 de mayo de 2001
- [Español]
Mención de las AUC en informe del Departamento de Estado Tendencias del terrorismo
mundial, Embajada de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 30 de abril de 2001
- [Español]
Donación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. para entrenar sindicalistas y apoyar
la sociedad civil en Colombia, Embajada de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 12 de abril
de 2001
- [English
| Español] U.S. Embassy Support for Work of the
Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, U.S. Embassy in Colombia,
April 11, 2001
- State
Department Washington File excerpt from budget request,
April 9, 2001
- [Español]
EE.UU. aprobó ayuda de US$2,5 millones para menores ex combatientes, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 3 de abril de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Representante Jim Kolbe, Republicano del estado de Arizona, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 22 de marzo de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Senador Paul Wellstone, Demócrata del estado de Minnesota, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 22 de marzo de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Senador Bob Graham, Demócrata del estado de Florida, Embajada de los
EE.UU. en Colombia, 8 de marzo de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Senador Carl Levin, Demócrata del estado de Michigan, Embajada de los
EE.UU. en Colombia, 22 de febrero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Representante Gene Taylor, Demócrata del estado de Mississippi, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 22 de febrero de 2001
-
[English | Español] U.S.
embassy statement on violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, February 20, 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Senador John McCain, Republicano del estado de Arizona, Embajada de
los EE.UU. en Colombia, 16 de febrero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Representante Mark Souder, Republicano del estado de Indiana, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 16 de febrero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Representante James McGovern, Demócrata del estado de Massachussets,
Embajada de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 16 de febrero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del Representante Curt Weldon, Republicano del Estado de Pennsylvania,
Embajada de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 25 de enero de 2001
- [Español]
Embajada de EE.UU. apoya lucha contra grupos paramilitares, Embajada de los EE.UU.
en Colombia, 22 de enero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita del General Peter Pace, Jefe del Comando Sur de EE.UU., Embajada de los
EE.UU. en Colombia, 17 de enero de 2001
- [Español]
Visita de senadores de EE.UU. Richard Shelby, republicano de Alabama, Ernest Hollings,
demócrata de Carolina del Sur, Embajada de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 16 de enero
de 2001
- [Español]
EE.UU. aplaude progreso en eliminación de drogas ilícitas en Colombia, Embajada
de los EE.UU. en Colombia, 4 de enero de 2001
- Press
Release: USAID Announces $25 Million for Displaced Persons, September 28,
2000
- Official
delegation accompanying the President to Colombia, August
30, 2000
- [English
| Spanish] House of Representatives passes Bill Supporting
Colombia's Drug Fight, U.S. Embassy to Colombia, March 30, 2000
- "U.S.
Aid to Colombia Will Benefit Both Countries, Says Panel," press
release, State Department Washington File, March 13, 2000
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Budget
requests
- Congressional
Budget Justification for Foreign Operations
Includes
narrative descriptions and budget breakdowns for most
State Department-managed military and economic aid programs.
(See
CIP's table of aid to Colombia
since 1997)
- [PDF] 2008
request, February 16, 2007
- 2007
request, February 13, 2006
- 2006
request, February 15, 2005
- 2005
request, February 6, 2004
- 2004
request, February 13, 2003
- 2003
request, April 15, 2002
- 2002
request, July 2, 2001
- Congressional
Budget Justification, State Department Bureau for International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
A more detailed narrative of the State
Department's International Narcotics Control Account,
which provides both military and economic aid and incorporates
the "Andean Counter-Drug Initiative."
- International
Affairs (Function 150) Budget Request Summary and Highlights
A briefer presentation of the information
in the Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign
Operations above; this document is usually released a
couple of weeks earlier.
- 2008
request, February 5, 2007
- 2007
request, February 6, 2006
- 2006
request, February 7, 2005
- 2005
request, February 2, 2004
- 2004
request, February 3, 2003
- 2003
request, February 4, 2002
Recurring
reports
- Foreign
Military Training Report
A breakdown of all military training offered
to non-NATO countries, released by the Departments of
State and Defense.
- U.S.
State Department International Narcotics Control Strategy
Report
Released every March 1, includes a narrative
about anti-drug cooperation and U.S. aid, and gives estimates
of drug eradication.
(See
CIP's chart of coca-growing
in the Andes)
- U.S.
State Department Report on Human Rights Practices
Released on or after February 1, provides
an overview of the human rights situation.
- State
Department Memorandum of Justification on Human Rights
Conditions
A "certification" of Colombia's
compliance with human rights conditions, required by law
for the release of some military aid.
- Certification (PDF format - 14MB file), April 4, 2007
- Certification
(PDF format), May
30, 2006
- Certification,
August 2005
- Certification,
September 2004
- Certification,
July 8, 2003
- Certification,
September 9, 2002
- Certification,
May 1, 2002
- Report
(certification waived), January 19, 2001
- Report
(certification waived), September 11, 2000
- Presidential
determination waiving
human rights conditions, August 23, 2000
- Memorandum
of Justification for presidential waiver of conditions,
August 23, 2000
- State
Department Memorandum of Justification on Paramilitary
Demobilization Conditions
A "certification" of Colombia's
compliance with conditions, required by law for the release
of aid to the demobilization of designated terrorist organizations
in Colombia.
Defense
Department Foreign Counterdrug Activity Report
A report detailing defense-budget counternarcotics
aid to the region. The report covering 2005 only covers
construction aid, and does not mention several
other types
of aid that the Defense Department is authorized to provide.
- Aerial
Eradication of Illicit Coca and Opium Poppy in Colombia
A "certification" of the fumigation
program released by the Department of State in compliance
with foreign aid law.
- Contractors
in Colombia
A State Department report on the identity,
roles and cost of companies hired to carry out counter-narcotics
in Colombia.
- State
Department Narcotics Control End-Use Monitoring Report
A report on the status of U.S.-provided
counter-drug aid, intended to show that it is being used
properly.
- Letters
from President Bush to Congress regarding presence of
U.S. personnel in Colombia
(See CIP's chart of the U.S.
presence in Colombia)
-
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record,
A State Department report on U.S. promotion
of human rights.
One-time
reports
- State
Department: List of All Colombian
Security Forces Vetted as of July 2006, obtained September
2006
- State
Department: List of Primary
Colombian Units Using U.S.-Provided Helicopters as of
August 2006, obtained September 2006
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] State
Department Report to Congress on U.S. Assistance Programs
in Colombia and Plans to Transfer Responsibilities to
Colombia, March 2006
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] USAID
Report to Congress on Rural Development Strategy of the
Government of Colombia, February 2006
- [Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format] State
Department Report to Congress on training of Colombian
nationals for helicopter operations and maintenance programs,
April 2004
- State
Department Report to Congress
on the Caño Limón pipeline and related U.S. military aid,
December 2002
- State
Department Report to Congress
on U.S. Policy Towards Colombia and Other Related Issues,
December 3, 2002
- White
House report to Congress on Plan
Colombia spending, July 27, 2001
- Statement
of explanation for Colombian drug certification, March
1, 2001
- State
Department report to Congress
on effects on human health and safety of herbicides used
in the Colombian aerial spray program, January 23, 2001
- White
House report to Congress on overall
strategy, submitted October 26, 2000
- State
Department report to Congress
on the proposed uses of all funds, July 27, 2000
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Andean
Counterdrug Initiative, July 6, 2005
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Q&A
on Aerial Eradication Program in Colombia, March 24, 2003
- State
Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs Fact Sheet:
Environmental Consequences of the Illicit Coca Trade,
March 17, 2003
- U.S.
Embassy Colombia: "Reported Human Health Effects
from Glyphosate"
- English
executive summary [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Resumen
ejecutivo en Español [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Informe
final [Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format]
- Cuestionario
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- Anexos
[Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format]
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Country
Program: Colombia
- USAID
Fact Sheet: Alternative Development,
April 2, 2001
- [Español]
"Counter-fact sheet" from Ricardo Vargas
of Acción Andina / Transnational Institute,
April 18, 2002
- State
Department Fact Sheet: The
Andean Regional Initiative, March 23, 2002
- USAID
- Colombia Report on Progress Toward Implementing
Plan Colombia - Supported Activities, September 2001
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Civilian
Contractors and U.S. Military Personnel Supporting Plan
Colombia, May 22, 2001
- [English
| Español] State Department
fact sheet on U.S. Policy Toward the Andean Region, May
17, 2001
- Relevant
excerpts
from Fiscal Year 2002 International Affairs (Function
150) Budget Request, U.S. State Department, April 9, 2001
- The
Andes Under Siege: Environmental Consequences of the Drug
Trade, U.S. State Department, April 2001 (external
link)
- State
Department Fact Sheet: USAID
Programs for Economic and Social Development in Colombia,
March 13, 2001
- U.S.
Department of Justice fact sheet:
Law Enforcement Projects Under Plan Colombia, March 12,
2001
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Plan Colombia
and the Peace Process, February 2001
- State
Department Fact Sheet: The Social
Side of U.S. Support of Plan Colombia, February 2001
- State
Department Fact Sheet: Human
Rights and U.S. Support of Plan Colombia, February 2001
- Narcotics
Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Bogota Fact
Sheet: The Aerial Eradication Program in Colombia,
February 2001
- U.S.
Embassy Bogota, Summary of Counternarcotics
Operations in Putumayo, December 19, 2000-January 28,
2001
- State
Department fact sheet on Aerial
Eradication of Illicit Crops, November 6, 2000
- White
House fact sheet on human rights
and U.S. assistance for Plan Colombia, August 30, 2000
- White
House fact sheet on cooperation
between the U.S. and Colombia, August 30, 2000
- White
House fact sheet on U.S.-Colombia
counter-drug cooperation, August 30, 2000
- White
House fact sheet on USAID-Colombia
Casas de Justicia Program, August 30, 2000
- White
House fact sheet on increased
U.S. assistance for Colombia, August 4, 2000
- Colombia,
U.N. Discussing Anti-Coca Mycoherbicide Cooperation,
Fact Sheet, U.S. State Department, July 18, 2000
- Support
for Colombia Illicit Crop Eradication Efforts, Fact
Sheet, U.S. State Department Office of Western Hemisphere
Affairs, July 12, 2000
- The
Social Side of U.S. Support of Plan Colombia, Fact
Sheet, U.S. State Department Office of Western Hemisphere
Affairs, July 12, 2000
- U.S.
Assistance to Plan Colombia, U.S. Embassy fact sheet,
Bogota, Colombia, March 23, 2000
- Foreign
Policy Brief, House International Relations Committee
Democratic Office, March 21, 2000
- House
Appropriations Committee Colombia Aid Proposal fact
sheet, March 10, 2000
- Summary
document, January 11, 2000 (English
| Spanish)
- Summary
document for Defense Department portion ($144 million)
- White
House fact sheet, January 11, 2000 (English
| Spanish)
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