Colombia and the United States,9781583226063

Colombia and the United States

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ISBN13: 9781583226063
ISBN10: 1583226060
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-09-01
Publisher(s): Seven Stories Pr
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Summary

Every year, the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war--ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia & the United States, Mario A. Murillo and Jesus Avirama explores the devastating impact that misdirected U.S. military "aid"-under the banner of "the war on drugs"-continues to have on the people of Colombia. They argue that the conflict in Colombia is not about drugs, nor guerillas, nor "terrorism," but rather about the unwillingness of the country's elite to open up spaces for truly democratic development. Mario Murillo is the author of Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques and U.S. Policy. Jesus Avirama, a member of the indigenous Kokonuco people, is a longtime activist.

Author Biography

MARIO ALFONSO MURILLO is a professor at the School of Communication at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and teaches media studies courses at New York University. A veteran radio journalist, he has reported extensively about Colombia and Latin America, producing award-winning programs and documentaries for the Pacifica Radio Network and National Public Radio. He is author of Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques, and U.S. Policy (2001). He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(4)
Introduction 13(20)
I Origins of the Conflict
1 The Myths Behind Colombian Democracy
33(11)
2 Colombia's Un-Civil Conflict: A History That Repeats Itself
44(13)
II The Principal Actors in Today's Conflict
3 The Contemporary Guerrilla Movement
57(27)
4 The "Paramilitaries" and the Dirty War
84(37)
III A View from the North
5 National Security, Dependency, and Exploitation: Bogota and Washington's Complicit Dance
121(34)
6 Colombia in the News: Structural Dangers in a Post-9/11 World
155(37)
7 Conclusion-Two Possible Futures
192(10)
Notes 202(20)
Index 222(10)
About the Author 232

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