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Weekly Report - 13 November 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

COLOMBIA: Plan Colombia fails to meet targets

Plan Colombia, the US counter narcotics and counter insurgency initiative, failed to meet its core objective of reducing coca and cocaine production by half in six years. That is the conclusion of a weighty report just released by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). It calls for aid cuts and advises US and Colombian officials to “develop a joint plan for turning over operational and funding responsibilities for US-supported programs to Colombia." The timing of the release of the report is crucial. While the US President-elect Barack Obama supports Plan Colombia in principle, this report will buttress calls for downscaling US involvement in Colombia, especially in the context of the US economic slowdown.

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