Word: aides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While reducing the self-help component of financial aid will certainly win Harvard accolades from prospective and current students alike, the applause comes at a high price...
...abusive Colombian military is far from assured. Currently, 10 soldiers are under investigation for committing human rights abuses themselves, and many more cases have been hushed up. Given the Colombian military's extremely poor human rights record, the reality is that we have no way of knowing whether our aid reaches human rights violators...
...Colombia, drug production has increased an incredible 260 percent, even though it is the largest recipient of U.S. counter-narcotics aid. Its coca production has tripled, and its heroine production is forth-greatest worldwide, even though four years ago it produced no heroine. Coca eradication efforts destroy crops temporarily, but they cause widespread social discontent, and production spring up quickly elsewhere. The stated goals of the War on Drugs--to reduce drug production and trafficking into the U.S--have proven elusive, despite all the money weive thrown at them...
Last, U.S. counternarcotics aid will never escape the internal politics and warfare that continue to plague recipient countries. Despite guarantees that equipment and training be used to fight drugs, in reality policymakers have no way of knowing that military training and equipment are not used for counter-insurgency against guerrilla forces. In Colombia, where the War on Drugs and the government's counter-insurgency efforts are most intertwined, the bill earmarks $168 million for helicopters and other aircraft, despite repeated reports of clashes between Colombian air forces and FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) guerrillas...
...purchase of six Bell 212 helicopters for use in Guerrero, Jalisco, and Sinaloa states, only a few hundred miles from the heart of the Chiapas rebellion. Meanwhile, resolutions and letters circulate condemning the conflicts in Colombia and Mexico and call for peace. If the U.S. is willing to aid any country militarily, it must also be prepared to become involved in the wars recipient countries are fighting. With recent comparisons to the U.S. involvement in El Salvador in the 1980s and even to Vietnam, recognition of the role we play in these conflicts is not forthcoming...