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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Villar, Oliver (Author), Cottle, Drew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conflict.
International economic relations.
Cocaine industry.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Cocaïne > Industrie > Colombie.
Social conflict > Colombia.
Cocaine industry > Colombia.
Drug traffic > Prevention > Government policy > United States.
United States.
Colombia.
Colombia > Foreign economic relations > United States.
United States > Foreign economic relations > Colombia.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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