April 28, 2008
Podcast
Markus Schultze-Kraft, Latin America program director at the International Crisis Group, recommends policies to combat drug trafficking in the region.
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April 10, 2008
Testimony
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March 11, 2008
Backgrounder
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are Colombia's two predominant rebel groups. While both have been depleted in recent years, they remain destabilizing forces.
See more in South America, Colombia, Terrorist Organizations
Updated May 15, 2006
Daily Analysis
Evo Morales, Bolivia's populist president, has nationalized his country's energy industry. The decision will have specific economic ramifications, and possibly broader political ones in a region that lacks a coherent identity.
See more in Bolivia, Industrial Policy, Energy
January 2004
Other Report
The United States spends approximately $700 million per year in the Andean region, but this Commission report concludes that current U.S. policy—focused narrowly on “drugs and thugs” in the Andes—cannot achieve U.S. regional goals of democracy, prosperity, and security. Andes 2020 offers bold new recommendations to recalibrate U.S. policy to better meet its objectives.
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September 29, 2003
Transcript
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