LAWGEF Reports on Colombia

Blueprint for a New Colombia Policy presents a positive set of recommendations on how to improve U.S. policy towards Colombia. At the expiration of the original six-year Plan Colombia, Blueprint urges the U.S. government to take a tougher stance on human rights, prioritize social aid rather than limitless military assistance, and urge peace negotiations with truth, justice, and reparations for victims.

Read our report Blueprint for a New Colombia Policy (PDF)
Lea neustra publicación Propuesta para una nueva política hacia Colombia (PDF)

Blunt Instrument: The United States’ Punitive Fumigation Program in Colombia explores the controversial aerial spraying program to destroy drug crops. Using the lens of congressional legislation intended to ensure that the program did not unduly harm small farm families, the study finds that the US and Colombian governments have failed to compensate farmers whose food crops are mistakenly destroyed by fumigation.

Read our publication Blunt Instrument (PDF)