LEADER 04796nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910460868603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61324-253-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094937 035 $a(EBL)3018260 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521563 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11317862 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521563 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10533574 035 $a(PQKB)11042775 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3018260 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3018260 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659182 035 $a(OCoLC)923658125 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094937 100 $a20090811d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aColombia$b[electronic resource] $eU.S. relations and issues /$fLanden A. Sorrell, editor 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 225 1 $aLatin American political, economic, and security issues series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60741-740-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""COLOMBIA:U. S. RELATIONS AND ISSUES""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""COUNTRY PROFILE: COLOMBIA""; ""COUNTRY""; ""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""GEOGRAPHY""; ""SOCIETY""; ""ECONOMY""; ""TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS""; ""GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS""; ""NATIONAL SECURITY""; ""COLOMBIA: A NEW ETHANOL PRODUCER ON THE RISE?""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""COLOMBIAa???S SUGAR-ETHANOL INDUSTRY""; ""HIGHLY EFFICIENT SUGARCANE INDUSTRY""; ""ETHANOL CAPACITY AND POLICY""; ""INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COLOMBIAa???S SUGARCANE AND ETHANOL INDUSTRIES"" 327 $a""INDUSTRYa???S ROLE IN COLOMBIAa???S ECONOMY""""INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND PLANS TO EXPAND CANE PRODUCTION""; ""U.S. -COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""End Notes""; ""COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES - THE PARTNERSHIP: BUT WHAT IS THE ENDGAME?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Milestones in the Partnership""; ""Culture Matters""; ""Changing Perceptions in the Partnership""; ""Strengthening the Partnershipa???Plan Colombia""; ""The Uribe Administration""; ""Plan Colombiaa???Results at the End of 2005""; ""Plan Colombiaa???The Sequel"" 327 $a""Reports to Congress on Plan Colombia and on What Assistance Will Follow""""Lessons Learned from Plan Colombia""; ""A Stronger Regional Approach Is Needed""; ""It Is Time to Change the Mix of Counterdrug Measures in Colombia""; ""A Double Standard for Democracy in Colombia""; ""End Notes""; ""PLAN COLOMBIA: DRUG REDUCTION GOALS WERE NOT FULLY MET, BUT SECURITY HAS IMPROVED; U.S. AGENCIES NEED MORE DETAILED PLANS FOR REDUCING ASSISTANCE""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""RESULTS IN BRIEF""; ""BACKGROUND"" 327 $a""Plan Colombia Provided a Focus for Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Efforts""""Security Component of Plan Colombia Expanded""; ""U.S. Funding for Plan Colombia""; ""U.S. Nationalization Efforts""; ""PLAN COLOMBIA DID NOT FULLY MEET ITS DRUG REDUCTION GOALS, BUT MAJOR SECURITY ADVANCES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED""; ""Drug Reduction Goal Was Not Fully Achieved""; ""Poppy Cultivation and Heroin Production Reduced by About 50 Percent Since 2000""; ""Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Production Reduction Goals Were Not Met""; ""Plan Colombia Achieved Important Security Advances"" 327 $a""Colombian Government Controls More of the Country""""Illegal Armed Group Finances and Operating Capabilities Have Been Degraded""; ""FARCa???s Capabilities and Finances Have Been Significantly Reduced, but It Remains a National Security Threat""; ""AUC Has Demobilized, but Remnants Remain a Threat""; ""ELN Has Been Weakened and Drug-Trafficking Organizations Have Been Fragmented""; ""U.S. ASSISTANCE PROMOTES COLOMBIAN MILITARY AND POLICE COUNTERNARCOTICS AND SECURITY OBJECTIVES""; ""Army Aviation Brigade""; ""Army Ground Forces""; ""Counternarcotics Brigade"" 327 $a""Mobile Army Brigades and Special Forces Units"" 410 0$aLatin American political, economic, and security issues series. 606 $aDiplomatic and consular service, American$zColombia 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zColombia 607 $aColombia$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aColombia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiplomatic and consular service, American 676 $a327.730861 701 $aSorrell$b Landen A$0870762 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460868603321 996 $aColombia$91944046 997 $aUNINA