Drug Policy
Reflections on U.S.-Latin American relations and engagement from the 2006-2009 commander of U.S. Southern Command.
Published as Plan Colombia began, this evaluation looks at the State Department narcotics bureau's operations in Colombia, including issues like contractors, helicopter deliveries, and the state of Colombia's police.
Republican Senate committee staff report on Colombia's internal conflict and its relationship to Colombia's difficult relationship with its neighbors in the wake of a cross-border attack on a guerrilla leader in Ecuador.
A PowerPoint presentation about U.S. Southern Command's drug interdiction efforts, including maps of suspect trafficking, presented by Michael Droz, the command's deputy director of operations (J3).
Product of a White House effort "to compile a picture of the latest cocaine trafficking trends based on the data we have available." Some useful graphics.
Senate Republican staff examine plans to provide assistance to Mexico under the Merida Initiative and what would become the Central America Regional Security Initiative.
A detailed report evaluating U.S. aid to Mexico since the 2007 launch of the Merida Initiative. Includes a detailed table of aid that had been delivered, or was pending delivery.
Review of funding allocated to Mexico and Latin America under the Mérida Initiative.
Because of congressional concerns over the increasing involvement of the United States in Colombian efforts to control illegal narcotics, we review U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Colombia. We determined (1) how the drug threat has changed in recent year
The report analysis (1) how the drug threat has changed in recent years, (2) problems the United States has had in providing its assistance toColombia in the past, and (3) challenges the United States and Colombia face