U.S.
Military and Police Aid
- Focus on Arauca and Putumayo:
Focus on Arauca
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 The
department of Arauca in northeastern Colombia, along the border with Venezuela,
is the focus of a $99 million Bush Administration plan to help Colombia's
army protect an oil pipeline. Dozens of U.S. military trainers arrived
in this zone in late 2002 and early 2003. Arauca has a significant presence
of both major guerrilla groups (the FARC and ELN) as well as right-wing
paramilitaries. The Colombian military's 18th Brigade is based in the
capital, Arauca City. Significant amounts of coca are grown in Arauca
( in 2002, according to the United Nations). Arauca is one of Colombia's
main oil-producing departments.
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- The
"War on Drugs" meets the "War on Terror":
The
United States’ military involvement in Colombia climbs
to the next level, February 2003.
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- "Optimism,
Pessimism, and Terrorism: The United States and Colombia
in 2003," by Adam Isacson, Brown University Journal
of International Affairs, Winter-Spring 2004 (Adobe Acrobat
.pdf format)
- "Colombia's
human security crisis," by Adam Isacson, UN Disarmament
Forum, Spring 2002 (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
- CIP
Memorandum:
The U.S. military presence in Colombia, February 26, 2003
- "Colombia
After September 11: View from Washington,"
by Adam Isacson, from the Fall 2002 Colombia Human Rights
Network Colombia Update, page 5 (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
- Testimony
of Adam Isacson,
senior associate, Center for International Policy, April
11, 2002
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- Amnesty
International, Colombia - A Laboratory of War: Repression
and Violence in Arauca, April 20, 2004
- Scott
Dalton,
Kidnapped in Arauca, January 26, 2004
- Letter
to the U.S. Congress from Thirty-Seven U.S. Non-Governmental
Organizations, May 2003
- Washington
Office on Latin America (WOLA), Protecting the Pipeline:
The U.S. Military Mission Expands, May 2003
- Amazon
Watch, Challenging U.S. Military Aid to Colombia Military
Aid to Colombia, April 24, 2003
- Amazon
Watch and Global Exchange Press Release, Occidental
Petroleum Sued in U.S. Courts For Role in Civilian Massacre
in Colombia, April 24, 2003
- Amazon
Watch and Global Exchange Press Release, Colombia:
Another US war for oil?, April 24, 2003
- Linda
Robinson, “Warrior Class: Why Special Forces Are
America's Tool Of Choice In Colombia And Around The Globe”,
February 10, 2003
- Witness
for Peace: The Real Costs of Pipeline Protection in Colombia:
Corporate Welfare with Deadly Consequences, A Witness
for Peace Report from Arauca, July 2002 (Adobe Acrobat
.pdf format)
- Interview
of Anne Patterson, U.S. ambassador to Colombia, El
Tiempo (Colombia), February 10, 2002
- Statement
of Lawrence P. Meriage, vice president, Executive
Services and Public Affairs, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation,
Before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal
Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, February 15,
2000
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- Testimony
of General James Hill,
Commander, United States Southern Command, hearing of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "Challenges
for U.S. Policy Toward Colombia:Is Plan Colombia Working?"
October 29, 2003
- Testimony
of General James Hill, Commander-in-Chief, United
States Southern Command, Senate International Narcotics
Caucus, June 3, 2003
- Posture
statement by Gen. James T. Hill, commander, U.S. Southern
Command, House Armed Services Committee, March 12, 2003
- Department
of State Report to Congress on Caño Limón
Pipeline, December 2002
- Statement
from family of FARC victim Terence Freitas in reaction
to Justice Department indictment, April 30, 2002
- Testimony
of Major General Gary D. Speer, Acting Commander-in-Chief,
United States Southern Command, April 11, 2002
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