LAWGEF Reports on Colombia

The Wrong Road

by Travis Wheeler on July 07, 2003

The Wrong Road outlines Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's controversial security policies. These include permitting police and army to search homes and offices, tap phones and detain people without warrants, suspending basic civil liberties in war zones, and employing armed civilians as soldiers and informants.

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Blunt Instrument

by Travis Wheeler on October 21, 2002

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.

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