Colombia and Drugs recommended links

17 November 2005

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Useful websites and documents on Colombia, drugs and conflict.

Programmes

Drugs & Democracy, Colombia in Focus

Websites

Documents
- Golpe de realidad [PDF]
  John Walsh, WOLA, 13 de junio de 2007
  No obstante las declaraciones, las últimas estimaciones del gobierno estadounidense sobre el cultivo de la coca dejan algo muy claro: hay todavía muchísima coca.
- ¿Colombia está ganando la lucha contra el narcotráfico?: Hechos del Callejón [PDF]
  Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), 1 de junio de 2007
  Este documento analiza los métodos y cofras para evaluar si se están cumpliendo los objetivos del Plan Colombia.
- Coca Cultivation in the Andean Region [PDF]
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2007
  A Survey of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
- 2006 Coca Estimates for Colombia
  ONDCP, 4 June 2007
  The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the following statement regarding the annual survey of coca cultivation in Colombia.
- Plan Colombia and Beyond
  Colombian Program Weblog of Adam Isacson (Center for International Policy - Washington) – Very useful for sharp comments on the last news in Colombia.
- Counternarcotics Strategy in Colombia
  Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary for Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 24 April 2007
  Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Washington, DC.
- U.S.-Colombia Relations
  Charles S. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, 24 April 2007
  Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Washington, DC.
- Connecting the Dots: ONDCP’s Reluctant Update on Cocaine Price and Purity [PDF]
  John M. Walsh, WOLA, 23 April 2007
  The failure to alter cocaine availability, price and purity in the intended directions has happened despite a quickening pace of U.S. spending on eradication and interdiction.
- The U.S. Forward Operating Location in Manta: The Ecuadorian perspective [PDF]
  Sandra Edwards, 30 March 2007
  President Correa’s clear position against renewing the Manta agreement reflects a strong current of opinion within Ecuador against the continued presence of a U.S. military base in Ecuador.
- Below the Radar [PDF]
  U.S. Military Programs with Latin America, 1997 – 2007. A joint report by CIP, LAWG and WOLA, March 2007
  A summary of major trends over the past ten years of US military programs in the region.
- Chocó is part of Colombia too
  March 2007
  Open letter against aerial spraying in Chocó
- Deadly fumigations returns to Putumayo - Violations of Colombian Law and U.S. Conditions
  A Report by Witness for Peace
- Evaluation of DNA damage in an Ecuadorian population exposed to glyphosate [PDF]
  César Paz-y-Miño, María Eugenia Sánchez, Melissa Arévalo, et. al., 7 November 2006
  Analysis of the consequences of aerial spraying with glyphosate added to a surfactant solution in the northern part of Ecuador. The results suggest that in the formulation used during aerial spraying glyphosate had a genotoxic effect on the exposed individuals.
- New Estimates Show Coca Rising in Colombia, Despite Record Year [PDF]
  WOLA, 5 June 2005
  Press Release on the 2006 figures.
- Aerial Spraying in Colombia: Health and Environmental Effects [PDF]
  Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies, 19 March 2002
  Substantial evidence indicates that aerial spray campaigns in Colombia are damaging food crops, delicate tropical ecosystems, and human health.
- Critique of the “Nariño Health Report”: Health Effects of Spray Campaigns in Colombia [PDF]
  Rachel Massey, Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies, 7 March 2002
  This memo outlines principal areas of concern about the report, including small sample size, unclear methodology for sample selection, and lack of relationship between the data presented and the conclusions drawn in the report.
- Vicious Circle - The Chemical and Biological "War on Drugs"
  TNI Fellow Martin Jelsma, Transnational Institute, March 2001
  Aerial fumigations with herbicides of drug crops in Colomba set in motion a vicious circle of human, social and environmental destruction. (Also available in Spanish, PDF)
- Fumigación y conflicto – Políticas antodrogas y deslegitimación del estado colombiano
  Ricardo Vargas Meza, TNI/Acción Andina/Tercer Mundo Editores, Santafé de Bogotá, November 1999
  The report unravels with unprecedented detail and irrefutable clarity why fumigation of drug crops doesn't work.
- On Biological Warfare / Sobre la guerra biológica
  - Evaluating Mycoherbicides for Illicit Drug Crop Control [PDF]
    Several organisations, 27 Februrary 2007
    Comments offered as guidance to Congress in responding to ONDCP’s forthcoming plan for the mycoherbicides study and to ensure that the study is conducted in a rigorous manner.
  - Mycoherbicide Redux
    Jeremy Bigwood, The Narco News Bulletin, 15 July 2005
    U.S. Congressmen Declare Biological War on South America in New Antidrug Proposal. (Also available in Spanish)
  - CIA Denies Info on Southeast Asian Bioweapons Plan
    Sunshine Project, 10 October 2001
    Sunshine Project Press Release.
  - US Dumps the Bioweaponf Verification Protocol
    Sunshine Project, 25 July 2001
    Sunshine Project Press Release.
  - Who’s in Charge of Agent Green in Asia?
    Sunshine Project, 5 June 2001
    Sunshine Project Press Release.
  - Risks of Using Biological Agents in Drug Eradication
    Shunshine Project, February 2001
    Sunshine Project Backgrounder.
  - La imposibilidad ética de estudiar los efectos del hongo fusarium an la Amazonia colombiana
    Tomás León Sicard, 1999
    La presión de la UNDCP y de la empresa nortemericana AG/Bio para utilizar el hongo "Fusarium oxysporum" como agente en la erradicación de cultivos de coca y amapola ha generado una amplia controversia en el país.
  On Europe-Colombia cooperation for drugs / Sobre la cooperación por drogas Europa-Colombia
  - Country Strategy Paper: Colombia 2007-2013
    European Commission, 28 March 2007
    EU’s overall strategy in Colombia. (Also available in Spanish)
  - Ferrero-Waldner visits Colombia and announces a €160 million aid package
    EU Press Release, 16 April 2007
    On the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy’s first official visit to Colombia. (Also available in Spanish)
  - Commission agrees €12 M of humanitarian assistance for victims of the internal conflict in Colombia
    EU Press release, 23 March 2007
    The aid will be targeted at the most urgent needs, principally water and sanitation, shelter, health care, food and livelihood support, psychosocial support and protection. (Also available in Spanish)
  - Proceso de desmovilización de los grupos paramilitares en Colombia. Apoyo de la cooperación europea [PDF]
    PODEC, Cuadernos de cooperación y desarrollo n. 2, Noviembre de 2006
    El objetivo de esta publicación es presentar un resumen de las dinámicas de la desmovilización y reincorporación, y mostrar en qué forma y cantidad la cooperación internacional apoya el proceso.
  - La Unión Europea y Colombia [PDF]
    Delegación de la Comisión Europea para Colombia y Ecuador, 2005
    Documento de fondo sobre las relaciones entre la UE y Colombia.
  - Declaración de Cartagena [PDF]
    3 de febrero de 2005
  - Declaración de Londres [PDF]
    10 de julio de 2003
  On Drugs and Conflict / Sobre drogas y conflicto
  - Colombia’s New Armed Groups [PDF]
    International Crisis Group ICG, Latin America report No. 20, 10 May 2007
    New armed groups are emerging in Colombia that are more than the simple “criminal gangs” that the government describes. Some of them are increasingly acting as the next generation of paramilitaries.
  - V Jornadas abiertas – Condiciones para un proceso de paz
    Taula Catalana per la Pau i els Drets Humans a Colòmbia, 3-5 de mayo de 2007
    Recopilación de las ponencias presentadas durante el evento
  - Pague con coca [PDF]
    Fernando Cárdenas, con fotografías de Oscar Kinky, Mayo de 2007
    Reportaje periodístico sobre el rol de la coca en la economía doméstica de algunas poblaciones del departamento de Caquetá, en donde la coca hace las veces de moneda.

Websites

Research and Documentation Centers / Centros de investigación y documentación

Colombian and International Press / Prensa colombiana e internacional

Colombian Human Rights Non Governmental Organisations / Organizaciones No Gubernamentales de Derechos Humanos colombianas

International Human Rights Non Governmental Organisations / Organizaciones No Gubernamentales internacionales

Colombian Government / Gobierno colombiano

US Government / Gobierno estadounidense

Environmental Organisations / Organizaciones ecologistas

International Multilateral Organisations / Organizaciones multilaterales internacionales

Documents

On Plan Colombia - Fumigation / Sobre Plan Colombia - Fumigaciones

War on Drugs