Colombia: Background and U.S. Relations

Abstract

Colombia, a key U.S. ally in Latin America, endured from the mid-1960s more than a half of century of internal armed conflict. To address the countrys prominence in illegal drug production, the United States and Colombia have forged a close relationship over the past two decades. Plan Colombia, a program focused initially on counternarcotics and later on counterterrorism, laid the foundation for an enduring security partnership. President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) made concluding a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)the countrys largest leftist guerrilla organization at the timehis governments primary focus. Following four years of peace negotiations, Colombias Congress ratified the FARC-government peace accord in November 2016. During a U.N.-monitored demobilization in 2017, approximately 13,200 FARC disarmed, demobilized, and began to reintegrate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 2020
Accession Number
AD1170133

Entities

People

  • June S. Beittel

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Covid-19
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Foreign Aid
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Police
  • Political Systems
  • Societies
  • Street Drugs
  • Terrorists
  • United States Southern Command

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.