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Colombia : U.S. relations and issues /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COLOMBIA:U. S. RELATIONS AND ISSUES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; COUNTRY PROFILE: COLOMBIA; COUNTRY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; GEOGRAPHY; SOCIETY; ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS; GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; COLOMBIA: A NEW ETHANOL PRODUCER ON THE RISE?; ABSTRACT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; COLOMBIA'S SUGAR-ETHANOL INDUSTRY; HIGHLY EFFICIENT SUGARCANE INDUSTRY; ETHANOL CAPACITY AND POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COLOMBIA'S SUGARCANE AND ETHANOL INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRY'S ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND PLANS TO EXPAND CANE PRODUCTION.
- U.S.-COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; End Notes; COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES
- THE PARTNERSHIP: BUT WHAT IS THE ENDGAME?; SUMMARY; Milestones in the Partnership; Culture Matters; Changing Perceptions in the Partnership; Strengthening the Partnership-Plan Colombia; The Uribe Administration; Plan Colombia-Results at the End of 2005; Plan Colombia-The Sequel; Reports to Congress on Plan Colombia and on What Assistance Will Follow; Lessons Learned from Plan Colombia; A Stronger Regional Approach Is Needed.
- It Is Time to Change the Mix of Counterdrug Measures in ColombiaA Double Standard for Democracy in Colombia; End Notes; PLAN COLOMBIA: DRUG REDUCTION GOALS WERE NOT FULLY MET, BUT SECURITY HAS IMPROVED; U.S. AGENCIES NEED MORE DETAILED PLANS FOR REDUCING ASSISTANCE; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; Plan Colombia Provided a Focus for Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Efforts; Security Component of Plan Colombia Expanded; U.S. Funding for Plan Colombia; U.S. Nationalization Efforts.
- PLAN COLOMBIA DID NOT FULLY MEET ITS DRUG REDUCTION GOALS, BUT MAJOR SECURITY ADVANCES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVEDDrug Reduction Goal Was Not Fully Achieved; Poppy Cultivation and Heroin Production Reduced by About 50 Percent Since 2000; Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Production Reduction Goals Were Not Met; Plan Colombia Achieved Important Security Advances; Colombian Government Controls More of the Country; Illegal Armed Group Finances and Operating Capabilities Have Been Degraded; FARC's Capabilities and Finances Have Been Significantly Reduced, but It Remains a National Security Threat.
- AUC Has Demobilized, but Remnants Remain a ThreatELN Has Been Weakened and Drug-Trafficking Organizations Have Been Fragmented; U.S. ASSISTANCE PROMOTES COLOMBIAN MILITARY AND POLICE COUNTERNARCOTICS AND SECURITY OBJECTIVES; Army Aviation Brigade; Army Ground Forces; Counternarcotics Brigade; Mobile Army Brigades and Special Forces Units; Infrastructure Security Strategy; Air Interdiction; Coastal and River Interdiction; National Police Eradication Program; National Police Air Service; National Police Interdiction Efforts; Reestablishing a Police Presence in Conflictive Zones.