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last updated:4/8/05

Arms Transfer Programs

The following U.S. programs may provide grants of weapons, equipment or defense services to Latin America and the Caribbean:

	Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Weapons, equipment and training for prevention and management of terrorism
	Drawdowns Presidential authority to grant defense articles, training and services from the U.S. arsenal
	Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) A policy initiative, using funds from other programs, to improve militaries' peacekeeping skills
	Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Transfers of used weapons and equipment from U.S. stocks
	Foreign Military Financing (FMF) Grants and loans for defense articles, training and services
	International Narcotics Control (INC) Funding of equipment, training, eradication and other programs of the State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL)
	"Section 1004" and "Section 124" Counterdrug Assistance Training, equipment upgrades and other services provided for counternarcotics, funded through the defense budget
	"Section 1033" Counterdrug Assistance to Colombia (and Peru until 2002) Assistance to fight drugs on rivers, funded through the defense budget

The following U.S. programs may sell weapons, equipment or training to Latin America and the Caribbean:

	Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) Sales from U.S. companies licensed by the U.S. government
	Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Transfers of used weapons and equipment from U.S. stocks
	Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Government-to-government sales of defense articles, training and services
	Leases Defense articles leased by the U.S. government

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Project Staff Adam Isacson (Senior Associate CIP isacson@ciponline.org) Lisa Haugaard (LAWGEF Executive Director lisah@lawg.org)
Joy Olson (WOLA Executive Director jolson@WOLA.org)