Plan Colombia (53 mins.)
Dir. Gerard Ungerman/Audrey Brohy - February 2002.
With most of the U.S. military aid under the so-called “Plan Colombia” anti-drug package delivered, Colombian President Andres Pastrana unilaterally withdraws from the peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and steps up violence in this 50-year quasi-civil war. In the post 9-11 context and with the U.S. State Department now branding the leftist FARC a “terrorist organization” and openly targeting it, what is left of the initial anti-narcotics purpose of the U.S. “Plan Colombia?” From the creators of the Hidden Wars.
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