Colombia: Issues for Congress

Beittel, June S.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    Foreign relations -- Colombia -- U.S.;    Foreign relations -- U.S. -- Colombia;   

RP-ID  :  RL32250
RP-ID  :  RL32250_2011Mar18

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an overview of recent political developments in Colombia. It reviews the administration of President Uribe (2002-2010), continuing into the election of President Juan Manuel Santos and his first months in office. The report then provides background on the longstanding conflict with internal armed groups that has marked Colombia’s modern development, examining the roots of the conflict and its major actors as well as their present status. The report considers ongoing challenges such as human rights, demobilization and displacement, drug trends, and Colombia’s regional relations. It outlines the National Consolidation Plan which updates Plan Colombia with a whole-of-government approach to eliminate the insurgency, and it describes the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. The report raises some of the major policy issues that the U.S. Congress has had, and will continue to pursue, in relation to U.S.-Colombia policy, such as the pending U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.