BOGOTÁ: Cocaine production is rising; peace talks with leftist guerrillas have stalled; America’s $1.8 billion “Plan Colombia” - meant to train and equip special anti-drug battalions to eradicate coca production - is portrayed as a clumsy, self-serving intervention in the affairs of a vulnerable neighbor. So alarming are conditions in Colombia nowadays that some Americans worry about the country becoming another Vietnam.
BOGOTÁ: Cocaine production is rising; peace talks with leftist guerrillas have stalled; America’s $1.8 billion “Plan Colombia” - meant to train and equip special anti-drug battalions to eradicate coca production - is portrayed as a clumsy, self-serving intervention in the affairs of a vulnerable neighbor. So alarming are conditions in Colombia nowadays that some Americans worry about the country becoming another Vietnam.