Word: colombia
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Even when it came to the issue of Central America, the most stubborn bone of contention in previous meetings, De la Madrid tried to strike a tone at once understanding and independent. He conceded that little success had been met by the Contadora Group, in which Mexico joins Colombia, Venezuela and Panama to work for a negotiated settlement of the region's conflicts. But in a pointed criticism of Washington's support of the contras in Nicaragua, he stressed that "violence will not take care of the problems...
Howard, a New Mexico native, grew up traveling the world with his Air Force father. He was a Peace Corps volunteer from August 1972 to August 1974 in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, and worked from 1976-79 for the Agency for International Development...
...growing segment of the approximately $125 billion illicit U.S. drug market. American soldiers will remain in Bolivia for at least two months, transporting the Leopards on search-and-destroy missions into the countryside. U.S. officials are said to be reviewing similar requests for military assistance from Peru, Ecuador and Colombia -- countries that, along with Bolivia, produce almost all the cocaine sold in the U.S. and Western Europe. Moreover, the day after U.S. forces landed in Bolivia, President Reagan's senior aides met in the White House to discuss steps to curb America's demand for drugs...
...military assistance called for Bolivian authorities to request the help. In practice, said a Defense Department official, "we sort of told 'em what to ask for." Even so, many Bolivian officials apparently expected to receive reconnaissance planes and helicopters similar to those provided outright to Mexico and Colombia. The spectacular arrival of troops, transport vehicles, trucks, tents and other supplies -- followed by reporters and camera crews trying to charter planes to follow the action -- left the country nonplussed. "All the publicity has been a little rough," said one official. "The operation is a little too Reagan- style, too Wild West...
...drug traffickers -- in Bolivia particularly -- has bolstered U.S. efforts. Reagan Administration officials point out that the U.S. has sponsored crop-eradication programs in 14 countries, reached a banking agreement with Switzerland that facilitates the monitoring of suspicious accounts, and negotiated an extradition treaty for use against drug traffickers in Colombia. Pakistan's opium crop, although large, has been reduced from 600 tons a year in 1981. The reduction may not seem big, but in the glacial world of foreign policy, things tend to move, like it or not, by small steps...