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US: Albright Seeks $1.3 Billion To Aid Colombia In Fighting
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n044/a09.html
Newshawk: OneGreenDay
Pubdate: Wed, 12 Jan 2000
Source: USA Today (US)
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Author: Elliott Smith
ALBRIGHT SEEKS $1.3 BILLION TO AID COLOMBIA IN FIGHTING DRUG WARS
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright proposed a two-year,
$1.3 billion additional aid package Tuesday to help Colombia regain control
of two southern provinces controlled by drug traffickers and rebels and to
accelerate the eradication of coca.
The administration proposal - a four-fold increase over existing aid to
South America's second-most-populous country - represents a potential
turning point in Colombia's civil war, in which drug traffickers and armed
rebels have partnered in a lucrative protection racket in the Amazon
jungle. But first the administration must overcome congressional resistance
among Democrats and Republicans who fear U.S. involvement in a
Vietnam-style quagmire in Colombia. And some human rights activists equate
the Colombian military with a history of abuses.
President Clinton, in Arizona, urged Congress to approve the package.
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