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Courses funded by Section 1004, 1999:2 Note: the dollar amount here will not match the amount on the main "Section 1004" page. This is merely the total spent on training, while Section 1004 funds can be used for more than just training.
1998: Responding to an inquiry from this study's authors, the U.S. embassy in Peru reports that the Defense Department provided $11.009 million in assistance under Section 1004 to the Peruvian security forces in 1998.3 (This contrasts with a figure of $14.462 million given in a May 20, 1999 Defense Department response to a congressional inquiry.4) The embassy reported that the 1998 Section 1004 funding was spent as follows.
Sources: 1 United States, Department of Defense, "Report on Department of Defense Expenditures To Support Foreign Counterdrug Activities", Washington, December 29, 2000. 2 United States, Department of Defense, Department of State, Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest in Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000: A Report to Congress (Washington: March 2000) <http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/fmtrain/toc.html>. 3 U.S. Ambassador to Peru Dennis C. Jett, letter to the authors, February 3, 1999. 4 Ana Maria Salazar, deputy assistant secretary of defense for drug enforcement policy and support, United States Department of Defense, letter in response to congressional inquiry, Mar. 19, 1999. 5 Jett. 6 United States, Department of Defense, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Report required by the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (P.L. 106-398), (Washington: April 18, 2002).
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project of the Latin America
Working Group Education Fund in cooperation with the Center
for International Policy and the Washington
Office on Latin America
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CIP isacson@ciponline.org)
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