Colombia [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. relations and issues / / Landen A. Sorrell, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.730861
• Soggetto topico: Diplomatic and consular service, American - Colombia
• Soggetto geografico: United States Relations Colombia; Colombia Relations United States; Colombia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SorrellLanden A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""; ""COLOMBIAâ€?S SUGAR-ETHANOL INDUSTRY""; ""HIGHLY EFFICIENT SUGARCANE INDUSTRY""; ""ETHANOL CAPACITY AND POLICY""; ""INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COLOMBIAâ€?S SUGARCANE AND ETHANOL INDUSTRIES"" ; ""INDUSTRYâ€?S ROLE IN COLOMBIAâ€?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 Partnershipâ€?Plan Colombia""; ""The Uribe Administration""; ""Plan Colombiaâ€?Results at the End of 2005""; ""Plan Colombiaâ€?The Sequel"" ; ""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"" ; ""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"" ; ""Colombian Government Controls More of the Country""""Illegal Armed Group Finances and Operating Capabilities Have Been Degraded""; ""FARCâ€?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"" ; ""Mobile Army Brigades and Special Forces Units""
• Titolo autorizzato: Colombia
• ISBN: 1-61324-253-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460868603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Latin American political, economic, and security issues series.