Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and DestabilizationEvery year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief history of Colombia, Murillo analyzes the complex forces driving Colombia's current decades-old guerilla war, U.S. involvement, media perceptions, and possible paths to peace. Whether it has been the U.S.-led war against "drug trafficking," the newly constituted "war against terrorism," or, as we have seen over the last two years, a convenient marriage of the two, the main effect has been to allow the U.S. to further expand its role in Colombia. The foundations of Colombia's social, political, and military conflict are rarely addressed by U.S. policy. Murillo describes Colombia's history of institutionalized corruption, state neglect, far-reaching poverty, and political violence and how they precede by decades the introduction and expansion of the drug trade. Colombia and the U.S. argues that the conflict in Colombia is not about drugs, nor guerrillas, nor "terrorism," but rather about the unwillingness of the country's elite to open up spaces for truly democratic participation in areas of economic and social development and political representation. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
The Myths Behind Colombian Democracy | 33 |
Colombias UnCivil Conflict A History That Repeats Itself | 44 |
The Contemporary Guerrilla Movement | 57 |
The Paramilitaries and the Dirty War | 84 |
National Security Dependency and Exploitation Bogota and Washingtons Complicit Dance | 121 |
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Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and Destabilization Mario A. Murillo Limited preview - 2011 |
Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and Destabilization Mario A. Murillo No preview available - 2003 |
Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and Destabilization Mario A. Murillo No preview available - 2003 |
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