Word: colombia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real purpose of the operation, DEA's detractors claim, was to encourage countries like Colombia, where marijuana is grown in large fields, to follow suit. Mullen maintained that was not the main goal and insisted that helicopter spraying is useful even on small plots of marijuana in rough terrain...
...France in a declaration that recognized the leftist insurgents in El Salvador as a "representative political force" that should be invited to join in negotiations with the government. Mexico is also a founding member of the Contadora group, named for the Panamanian island on which the foreign ministers of Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela first met last January to search for a solution to Central America's problems...
...energetic diplomat who made shuttle diplomacy famous during the Nixon and Ford Administrations has maintained a whirlwind pace ever since his controversial appointment by President Reagan last month. He has conferred with congressional leaders and huddled with the top-ranking diplomats of Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, the so-called Contadora group that is seeking a negotiated settlement in the region. He has also talked with the envoys of all the Central American nations involved in the conflict, including the new ambassador from the U.S.-opposed Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. But, amid all the activity, Kissinger still found time...
...serious is the Administration about promoting negotiations for a regional agreement that would ban all foreign military advisers and cross-border arms shipments in Central America? Reagan last week had Special Envoy Richard Stone hand-carry a letter to the Presidents of the so-called Contadora countries (Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Panama, which first met last January on the Panamanian island of Contadora) praising their efforts to work out such a regional pact. In so doing he quite unintentionally joined, of all people, Cuban President Fidel Castro, who lauded the Contadorans' efforts. But the Administration at the same time gave...
...Socialists' emphasis on Latin America and what the government calls the "historic Hispanic link." Accordingly, González has paid increasing attention to strife-torn Central America, where his views diverge sharply from those of the Reagan Administration. During an eight-day tour of the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico earlier this month, Gonzalez repeatedly criticized U.S. policy in the area for what he regards as its overly military-oriented approach...