US pledges continued support in war on drugs http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/9666-us-pledges-continued-support-in-war-on-drugs.html

The Obama administration said Tuesday that gains made in the war against drugs in Colombia were "entirely reversible without continued United States support" and affirmed its continued aid, with the release by the White House of a five-year drug control strategyThe plan is "part of a multi-year strategy" through which the U.S. will "transfer operational and funding responsibility for counter-narcotics and security programs to the Colombian government."

The U.S. praised the Colombian security forces in expanding into areas "long dominated by coca production and illegally armed groups" which "allowed the Colombian government, for the first time, to focus on establishing government presence and integrated rural development in these areas."The startegy aims to expand "governance in conflict areas so that all Colombians have access to government services, protection from terrorist or criminal groups, and a licit manner in which to earn a living."

The White House report also outlined successes of Plan Colombia, which the U.S. describes as "one of the largest and most comprehensive efforts by the United States to assist an ally in Latin America with a national drug emergency."According to the plan, cocaine "potential production" has dropped from 485 metric tons per year in 2007 to 295 metric tons in 2008, representing a 39% decrease.

Over the past ten years kidnappings were down 95%, terrorist attacks dropped by 79% and there was a 44% reduction in homicides, the report claims.Finally the U.S. stated that "a multi-year investment in terms of financial resources and political comittment" was required to "address the complex and longstanding challenges" of the problem.

comment- first of all lets start with fact that plan colombia is a huge failure,it's poisoning peasent communities and the funds to uribe a known top drug trafficker in colombia are not to fight drugs but rather a payoff to maintain the corner over the lucrative cocaine market ...

Uribe's Rise from Medellín:Precursor to a Narco-State His Campaign Manager, the DEA,and the Case of the 50,000 Kilos http://www.narconews.com/narcocandidate1.html   Colombia's Alvaro Uribe narco-terrorist http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB131/index.htm 

Uribe personal friend of Pablo Escobar http://www.newsweek.com/id/54770  Wealthy Colombian businessman is a drug-trafficker, CIA operative http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2010/03/wealthy-colombian-businessman-drug-trafficker-cia-operative-alleges CIA Narco-colonialism in the 20th Century http://ciadrugs.homestead.com/files/outline.html  

CIA Torture Jet crashed with 4 Tons of COCAINE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oszATUJ4IRE&feature=related

For us role in colombias poverty displacement fascist police state see... http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/search/label/colombia