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Weekly Report - 11 February 2016 (WR-16-06)
Santos wins major cash injection as US revamps Plan Colombia
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has received a massive vote of confidence from his US peer Barack Obama in his pursuit of a peace accord with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). While attending a reception together in the White House to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Plan Colombia, the counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency initiative funded by the US to the tune of nearly US$10bn, Obama announced that his government would request US$450m from congress, with no strings attached, for ‘Peace Colombia’, a rechristened ‘Plan Colombia’ for a post-conflict era. This would mark a jump of more than 50% on Plan Colombia funding for 2016, but there is some concern that bipartisan backing might not endure beyond Obama.
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