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Cocaine, Death Squads, and the War on Terror : U.S. Imperialism and Class Struggle in Colombia /

Since the late 1990s, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilize Colombian society. This boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Villar, Oliver (Autor), Cottle, Drew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a war of many wars
  • From coca to cocaine
  • From the Golden Triangle to the Crystal Triangle
  • A narco-state and a narco-economy
  • The narco-cartel systems (1980-1993)
  • The post-cartel system
  • The United States and "Plan Colombia"
  • Narco-state terror
  • The consequences of relocation and regionalization
  • The War on Drugs: corporatization and privatization
  • Conclusion: U.S.-narco-colonialism and Colombia.