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Salon.com
August 28, 2000
Ana Arana |
War on drugs 1, human rights 0 On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Colombia, critics say Washington cares more about its war on drugs than human rights.   |
Salon.com
December 5, 2000
Ana Arana |
Ground zero in the Colombian drug war The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict? |
Reason
June 2005
Toby Muse |
Legalize Now! War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Michael Easterbrook |
What are we fighting for? Colombia's civil war puts children on the front lines... |
Salon.com
September 1, 2000
Arianna Huffington |
An eerie campaign silence Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face. |
Salon.com
June 30, 2000
Arianna Huffington |
Chopper wars Coupon-cutting cronies in the Senate care more about helicopters for Colombia than the drug problem at home. |
Salon.com
August 30, 2000
Mark Schapiro |
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia. |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Kirk Semple |
Trouble in Coca County For community workers on Colombia's cocaine frontier, the war on drugs is getting personal... |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
Damien Cave |
Ingrid Betancourt The Colombian senator and presidential candidate talks about drug trafficking, political corruption, guerrillas, the paramilitaries and how to fix democracy in her embattled nation... |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007 |
Hail Colombia An outpouring of reactions - from gratitude to revulsion - to a recent story about Colombian lawmakers and businessmen had just been arrested for their alleged links to paramilitaries who murdered hundreds of citizens. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003 |
Clash in Colombia Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who has been cracking down on a 39-year-old guerrilla insurgency and the country's cocaine producers since he came to power in August, 2002, is now clashing head-on with human-rights groups. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Good morning, Colombia Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity... |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
Deadly mistake Why did the Peruvian military shoot down a plane full of innocent people -- and why was the CIA involved? |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010 |
Marxists with a Better Business Plan The Colombian guerrilla army FARC is raking in billions by directly supplying cocaine to Mexican drug cartels. |
Salon.com
May 24, 2001
Douglas Cruickshank |
Death of a drug lord In "Killing Pablo," Mark Bowden details the 16-month game of cat and mouse that finally took down Medellin cartel founder Pablo Escobar -- with the help of the U.S. government... |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Jeff Stein |
Treachery over the Andes The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no... |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
The corruption of Col. James Hiett When the commander of U.S. anti-drug efforts in Colombia got involved in drug running, Congress should have rethought its massive military aid bill -- but it didn't. |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Jeff Stein |
The unquiet death of Jennifer Odom The Pentagon says the Army pilot's crash in Colombia last July was a "mishap," but her family believes she was shot down -- the first of many soldiers likely to die in our undeclared war. |
Salon.com
May 10, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
What is Washington trying to hide? The government outsources the war on drugs so it can point fingers at the private sector when the body bags start pouring in... |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Roben Farzad |
Alvaro Uribe: The Change Agent Colombia's no-nonsense President is winning over investors. But critics charge that he's linked to paramilitaries, and that threatens a new trade agreement with Washington. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Radelet et al. |
Aid and Growth Although the impact of aid on economic growth diminishes as aid increases, in countries with stronger institutions or better health, more aid can be absorbed effectively. |
IDB America
January 2006
Charo Quesada |
Using the Classroom to Fight for Peace A new study explores how educational programs can help to heal societies battered by conflict: El Salvador and educational reform... Vietnam and children... Peru and human rights... Colombia: laboratories for peace... etc. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003 |
A Financial Squeeze For Colombia Is Colombia heading toward default on its $40 billion in government debt? That's the question investors are asking following the Oct. 25 defeat of a referendum that would have given reformist President Alvaro Uribe authority to overhaul Colombia's state bureaucracy. |
Wired
November 2004
Joshua Davis |
The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die The war on Colombia's drug lords is losing ground to an herbicide-resistant supershrub. Is it a freak of nature - or a genetically modified secret weapon? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2013 |
Country Report: Colombia Colombia is focusing on bolstering the commercial sector. While this is good news for the pharmaceutical industry, there is still a strong debate about how healthcare in Colombia can be improved. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Sundberg & Gelb |
Making Aid Work Aid in the past was often guided by geopolitical considerations linked to the interests of donor countries rather than by development objectives. But the end of the cold war and progress toward a new aid architecture should make aid more effective in Africa. |
| Parameters |
Unintended Alliance: The Co-option of Humanitarian Aid in Conflicts Despite being widely known, the utilization of the humanitarian aid system as a logistical support system for war is one of the most overlooked constituent tactics of modern warfare. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Roben Farzad |
Extreme Investing: Inside Colombia An improbable journey from crime capital to investment hot spot. Can this boom in Colombia last? |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Laura Rozen |
Bread instead of soldiers On the front lines of war, humanitarian-aid workers do the work of diplomats -- but some say they should stay away from politics. |
Reason
January 2002
Glenn Garvin |
A Splendid Little Drug War Tragedy, farce, and fake brass cojones south of the border: two new books illuminate the growing ugliness of a War on Drugs that is rapidly losing its metaphorical status... |
Salon.com
August 28, 2000
Ana Arana |
Cleaning up for Clinton The fortress tourist town of Cartagena banned street children and demonstrations on the eve of the president's arrival. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Aid and Growth: The Policy Challenge The best way to get the poor in low-income countries out of poverty is to strengthen economic growth in those countries. But we need more than aid to break the cycle of poverty. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Embraer's Defense Deal Investors shouldn't expect a ton of major military deals for this Brazilian plane maker. Investors, take note. |
IDB America
August 2007
Andrew Powell |
Tough Love: The Key to Foreign Aid Effectiveness Why is economic aid to allies less effective than aid to countries that are indifferent if not hostile to their donors' foreign policies? |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Geri Smith |
Inside Coke's Labor Struggles In Colombia, labor leaders, politicians, workers and others shed light on the controversy between Coke and Colombian labor unions. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Mark Drajem |
The Benefits of a U.S.-Colombia Free-Trade Deal A trade pact could boost U.S. exports by $1.1 billion, with companies such as GE, Wal-Mart, and Citigroup as big beneficiaries |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000
Bill Savedoff |
Health services for whom? Countries throughout Latin America are reforming their health systems to increase fairness, widen access, and improve quality. Examples of such reforms were the subject of a recent conference called "The Challenge of Health Reform: Reaching the Poor"... |
Reason
February 2007 |
Quotes Heard from: Missouri State Rep. Edgar G.H. Emery, on why abortion is responsible for illegal immigration... Rush Limbaugh, on his relief at no longer being a shill for bad Republican policies... etc. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Peter S. Heller |
Making AID Work An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront of global policymaking. Scaling up aid flows is just the start of a complex set of decisions and tough choices. |
Salon.com
May 24, 2001
Laura Miller |
Uncle Sam, manhunter Two new books detail America's deadly pursuit of Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar... |
Outside
July 2004
Bill Gifford |
Mountain Grown Victor Hugo Pena grinds for U.S. Postal and Lance, but make no mistake: Ultimately he pedals for the pride of his country, the violent and tumultuous Andean nation of Colombia. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Elaine Venter |
Point of View: A Work in Progress The Paris Declaration renews focus on aid reform but is still donor-centric |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004 |
Colombia's Tough Policy Will Continue Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, one of Bush's key supporters in Latin America, enjoys high approval ratings because his crackdown on drug traffickers and the 40-year-old guerrilla movement. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Bilal Siddiqi |
Picture This Aiding Development Chart-based analysis of which countries give the most aid and where the money goes. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Deutscher & Fyson |
Improving the Effectiveness of Aid A proliferation of donors and projects has made the governance of aid more problematic. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
Bourguignon & Sundberg |
Aid Can Work The effectiveness of aid remains a highly controversial issue for economists and development practitioners. However, aid effectiveness is getting better, even though it is tough to prove. |
Finance & Development
March 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Aid recipients must be more accountable... Why not limit new borrowing?... Redesigning aid... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Bulir & Lane |
Managing the Fiscal Impact of Aid Poor countries must find better ways to manage spending in the face of volatile and unpredictable aid flows. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Dayana Yochim |
4 Things Missing From Your Financial Aid Offer There's a lot of money hiding between the lines of those college aid letters. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Basil P. Mramba |
Tanzania: 'Smart' Partnerships A clear national development vision upon which donor support can be anchored is critical for ensuring that aid is well used. |
